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Organisation Information<\/h2>\n
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\u0126A\u017b-\u017bEBBU\u0120<\/span><\/h1>\n

Triq l-Isqof Caruana, \u0126a\u017c-\u017bebbu\u0121, \u017bB\u0120 1905, Malta<\/h3>\n
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\u0126a\u017c-\u017bebbu\u0121 has a village-like atmosphere although it has been a large residential area for centuries.<\/p>\n

It was elevated to ‘city’ status by Grand Master de Rohan in 1777. Its city status is marked by the monumental arch on the main approach road. \u0126a\u017c-\u017bebbu\u0121 was for centuries the main agricultural village of Malta and the centre for the cash crop, cotton. \u0126a\u017c-\u017bebbu\u0121 houses some magnificent patricians’ houses and palazzos and fine examples of 16th to 18th century domestic architecture. The name ‘\u0126a\u017c-\u017bebbu\u0121’ means village of olives. In times past, it has seen olive oil production as well.<\/p>\n

\u0126a\u017c-\u017bebbu\u0121 is also renowned for the great and the good of Maltese history. It has produced more distinguished Maltese – artists, poets, sculptors, composers and notable priests – than any other village on the Islands.<\/p>\n

\u0126a\u017c-\u017bebbu\u0121’s parish church, dedicated to St. Philip, was built in the early 17th century. It is attributed to the son of Gerolamo Cassar, the Maltese architect of St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta. The interior is lavish baroque and the side chapels have fine example of Maltese scenography. \u0126a\u017c-\u017bebbu\u0121 is also home to numerous early chapels: the oldest is the Chapel of St. Roque (1539) which is open the first Sunday of the month from 9.30 am till noon; the most ornate is the small church Tal-Abbandonati (1758), a short walk to the right of St. Philip’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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