{"id":22461,"date":"2021-05-28T02:19:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T02:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.visitmalta.com\/a\/european-capital-of-culture-2018\/"},"modified":"2021-05-28T02:19:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T02:19:13","slug":"european-capital-of-culture-2018","status":"publish","type":"a","link":"https:\/\/www.visitmalta.com\/en\/a\/european-capital-of-culture-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"European Capital of Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-article__content\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-5 text-center font-weight-bold\">                              European Capital of Culture<\/h2>\n<div id=\"dvArticle\">      <span id=\"ctl00_ctl00_Body_PageContent_ContentControl_lblPageContent\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Valletta was declared European Capital of Culture (ECoC) on the 12th October 2012. The Valletta 2018 Foundation was responsible for compiling the bid for Valletta as an ECoC and is in charge of implementing the project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Valletta hosted the title of European Capital of Culture in 2018 with a partner Dutch city, Leeuwarden. The ECoC included all the Maltese Islands, with an aim to spread its impact throughout the whole Maltese territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The video below shows an overview of the main events held in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information visit&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.valletta2018.org\" target=\"_blank\">the Valletta 2018 website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Video<\/h2>\n<p><div class='video-container'><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitmalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/archive-images\/img-23420.jpg\" alt=\"Valletta 2018\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-22461","a","type-a","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>European Capital of Culture - Visit Malta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European Capital of Culture - Visit Malta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"European Capital of Culture Valletta was declared European Capital of Culture (ECoC) on the 12th October 2012. 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