Heritage Sites

01 Apr 2022

Chapel of Santa Marija ta’ Bir Miftuh

  This chapel was built in around 1430 and is one of the best preserved examples of a fifteenth-century parish church in Malta. It has some interesting frescoes and provides the ideal setting for the annual Bir Miftuh music festival organised each spring by Din l-Art Helwa. Open first Sunday of the month 9.30 – 12.00 hrs, and by appointment. This Chapel located...

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30 Mar 2022

Our Lady of Victory Church, Valletta

This was the first church built in Valletta. It was built on the spot where a religious ceremony was held to inaugurate the laying of the foundation stone of the new city on 28th March 1566, and commemorates the victory over the Turks during the so-called ‘Great Siege’ of 1565. Grand Master La Valette was originally buried here, and his remains...

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10 Mar 2022

THE GĦALLIS AND QALET MARKU TOWERS

THE GĦALLIS AND QALET MARKU TOWERS Click here to view e book None of the towers built by Grand Master De Redin was designed to resist an invading enemy fleet. Their use was primarily intended...

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05 Mar 2022

Dwejra Tower, Gozo

THE DWEJRA TOWER, GOZO Location Access to the tower is from a track off the main road to the inland sea. The...

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25 Feb 2022

Santa Marija Tower, Comino

Built in 1618 by Grand Master de Wignacourt, it formed part of a system of towers providing defence and communication between the Cittadella in Gozo and Mdina. The Santa Marija Tower on Comino formed part of the early system of towers which the Order set up to facilitate defence and communication between the Cittadella in Gozo and Mdina. It later became...

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17 Feb 2022

Xutu Tower

HISTORY AND RESTORATION OF TA’ XUTU TOWER The small watch towers guarding the coastline of Malta and Gozo are historic treasures. Most of them were built by the Order of the Knights of St John to strengthen the defence of our islands or to act simply as look-out posts....

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14 Jan 2022

L-Aħrax Tower

L-Aħrax Tower White Tower, Ta’ Ħoslien, Ta’ Eslien, Torre Biancha   by Stanley Farrugia Randon   The L-Aħrax Tower was the sixth tower to be constructed of the 13 towers which Grand Master Martin de Redin ordered to be built from his own expense during the first two years of his brief three-year reign. These are, in sequence North East to...

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