Valletta 3D

The YMCA Old Valletta Project aims to create three dimensional detailed models of Valletta across the centuries. These will be made available to the public through an interactive website and DVD.

Browsers will be able to travel through time, from their computer screens, by clicking on a specific period. They will then be able to go on a virtual walk through of the city in that period. "We will be creating three dimensional models of Valletta - from street level up and down - across the years. The idea is to have layers of maps in different periods and people can pick an era and see what Valletta looked like then," Jean Paul Mifsud said.

For the past nine months a dedicated team has been working on the project. The detailed 3D models of Valletta, that are in the process of being put together, are all to scale and based on extensive research through hundreds of old paintings, plans and photographs of the capital made available to the Old Valletta Project from public and private collections, he said.

All the money collected through the site and from the sale of DVDs will be in aid of the YMCA Homeless Shelter - Dar Niki Cassar. Anyone who wishes to be part of this experience as a sponsor or wants to be involved in the project, or who has material to contribute to the Website can send an e-mail to info@ymcahomeless.org or call YMCA on 2122 8035.

Watch a sneak preview of the project above. Models created under the supervision of Joe Pace, vrsmalta.com.