This Maltese word is derived from the Italian word ‘sale’ meaning salt. Here are eight large salt pans dating back to the times of the Order of the Knights of St John and Malta. They are the only man-made salt pans in the Mediterranean. The pans are surrounded by marsh land and the area covers 18,000 square metres. The salt is produced by allowing the sea water to enter the pans during rough seas and capturing it in the pans. The water would then evaporate leaving the pure seasalt. In the middle of the pans is a market cross. I haven’t found any information on it but I suppose it was placed there as salt was marketed there after it dries up and is collected.
Thank you all for looking and for your comments on yesterday's picture.
what a great capture, love the information and framing - we lived for a while at a flat in Pann's Bank - which was on the site of the old salt pans so it's interesting seeing what they might have looked liike
That would make sense then, I guess the original from a Latin source? In th emedical field, we use a Normal Saline (salt) soultion. The photo is beautiful
Sea salt is very healthy for the body because of the trace minerals in it. That's all I buy. Lovely shot, Dione! What a wonderful place! I love your natural framing with the tree!
Great view and beautiful framing of the tree . Interesting lines to . I live in a area where salt production was big business those days . They produce it by burning salt-swap-peat.
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