They call them Aldo’s fish. The brightly colored, distinctly midcentury patterns on the plates at Villa Bologna Pottery in Malta were designed by Aldo Cremona, who worked there for more than 70 years.

Today, Condé Nast Traveler magazine unveiled the results of its annual US Readers’ Choice Awards 2025 and Valletta, Malta was voted as one of the top 10 cities in the world, taking the number 9 spot.

This article was originally published on Common Edge. "O beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, has there ever been another place on earth where so many people of wealth and power ...