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The city remains much as it was. The Grand Master’s 39 palace is now the residence of the Governor; here in the armoury we can still see the armour and weapons of its 40 former owners. At Citta Vecchia, the former capital, we find the old Court of Justice converted into a hospital. 41 Here again is the house of one of the knights made useful as a government school, and here the Auberge, 42 or club house, of the knights of Castile in the occupation of the Royal Artillery; while the beautiful cathedral of 43 St. John, built by the knights, still stands to remind us of the combination of religion and fighting which was so characteristic of the mediæval world. We can still 44 see, also, the great aqueduct, built to bring water to the city from the distant springs. Everywhere we have preserved and adapted the work of the knights, so that Malta is a picture of the past for the most part unspoiled.
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