Gozo — Malta’s tiny island neighbour — was once rather a crucial spot in the Mediterranean. The Knights of Malta built a wall across Gozo’s Ramla Bay to stop Napoleon invading. The clever little Corsican attacked via the undefended gully next door instead.
Homer’s island of Ogygia — ‘the navel of the sea’ in the Odyssey — is thought to be Gozo.
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