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List Of Monuments In Kirkop
This is a list of monuments in Kirkop, Malta, which are List of monuments in Malta, listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands. List References {{Reflist Lists of the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands, Kirkop Kirkop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkop
Kirkop ( mt, Ħal Kirkop) is a village in the Southern Region of Malta. It is found near the Malta International Airport, and has been inhabited since pre-history. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Leonard. The football team of the village is the Kirkop United Football Club. Etymology and population The original name of the village was Casal Prokopju, and is retrieved from the registers of the Maltese militia that existed prior to the rule of the Order of St. John. Through generations, the local population corrupted the original name and was changed to ''Kirkop''. The name of the village comes from the surname of a rich family History Punic remains of catacombs are found around the village of Kirkop with some of them remain unexplored, and their exploration has been shelved. In 1969 Anthropologist Jeremy Boissevain published a research on the social fabric of the village in his book ''Hal Farrug: a village in Malta''. Boissevain claims that the people of Ħal Kirkop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies south of Sicily (Italy), east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The official languages are Maltese and English, and 66% of the current Maltese population is at least conversational in the Italian language. Malta has been inhabited since approximately 5900 BC. Its location in the centre of the Mediterranean has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base, with a succession of powers having contested and ruled the islands, including the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Aragonese, Knights of St. John, French, and British, amongst others. With a population of about 516,000 over an area of , Malta is the world's tenth-smallest country in area and fourth most densely populated sovereign cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Monuments In Malta
These are the lists of monuments in Malta found on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands (NICPMI). They are sorted by their location in their respective local council. List * List of monuments in Attard * List of monuments in Balzan * List of monuments in Birgu * List of monuments in Birkirkara * List of monuments in Birżebbuġa * List of monuments in Cospicua * List of monuments in Dingli * List of monuments in Fgura * List of monuments in Floriana * List of monuments in Fontana, Gozo * List of monuments in Gudja * List of monuments in Għajnsielem * List of monuments in Għarb * List of monuments in Għasri * List of monuments in Għaxaq * List of monuments in Gżira * List of monuments in Ħamrun * List of monuments in Iklin * List of monuments in Kalkara * List of monuments in Kerċem * List of monuments in Kirkop * List of monuments in Lija * List of monuments in Luqa * List of monuments in Marsa, Malta * List of monumen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Inventory Of The Cultural Property Of The Maltese Islands
The National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands (NICPMI) is a heritage register listing the cultural property of Malta. The inventory includes properties such as archaeological sites, fortifications, religious buildings, monuments and other buildings. The NICPMI is under the responsibility of the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage (SCH), which was founded in 2002 to replace the Antiquities Act. The NICPMI was established on 16 December 2011. According to article 7(5)(a) of the Cultural Heritage Act, 2002: (5) It shall be the function of the Superintendence: :(a) to establish, update, manage and, where appropriate, publish, or to ensure the compilation of, a national inventory of cultural property belonging: ::(i) to the State or State institutions, ::(ii) to the Catholic Church and to other religious denominations, ::(iii) to Foundations established in these islands, ::(iv) to physical and juridical persons when the cultural property has been made accessi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Leonard's Church, Kirkop
The Parish Church of St Leonard is a Roman Catholic parish church serving the village of Kirkop in Malta. History The church was built during the start of the 16th century. It became a parish church in 1592. Between 1706 and 1779 the church was enlarged to accommodate the growing population of the village. The church was dedicated and consecrated by the Bishop of Malta Vincenzo Labini Vincenzo Labini (28 April 1735 – 30 April 1807) was an Italian archbishop who served as Bishop of Malta from 1780 till 1807. Biography Labini was born in Bitonto, Italy on April 28, 1735. In 1758 he was ordained priest of the Sovereign Milita ... on 10 November 1782. The church's two bell towers were built in 1800. The interior of the church was refurbished in 1878 by Reverend J. Barbara. ''Church in Malta'', Malta, 29 September 2011. Retrieved on 07 Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of The National Inventory Of The Cultural Property Of The Maltese Islands
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