Pietà ( mt, Tal-Pietà) is a small town in the Central Region of

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, located near the outskirts of the capital city

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. Pietà is the

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next-closest to the capital after

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. Its name is derived from

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and signifies "Mercy."

Etymology

The name of Pietà in Italian means Mercy.

Description

Malta's former national hospital, St. Luke's, is located in Tal-Pietà. Tal-Pietà is a coastal town, and an old boathouse of notable historic interest (now in use as a restaurant) is located on the waterfront. The town is named after a Church of Our Lady of Sorrows dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries which is still in active use today. A couple of streets nearby bear the names of St. Augustine and his mother, St. Monica. Tal-Pietà was a departure point for the

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before the construction of a yacht marina. The

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depot of the

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is located at the

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in nearby Floriana. Also within the boundaries of Pietà are St. Ursula's Orphanage;

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, the national broadcaster; Villa Guardamangia, which served as the residence of then Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (later

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), when she lived in Malta between 1949 and 1951; the

Ta' Braxia Cemetery Ta' Braxia Cemetery ( mt, Iċ-Ċimiterju ta' Braxa) is a cemetery in Gwardamanġa, located near the boundary between Pietà and Ħamrun, Malta. It was built between 1855 and 1857 as a multi-denomination burial ground primarily intended for Britis ...

Complex is a

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site and where many World War I garrison veterans from the British army and navy are buried; and the headquarters of the Nationalist Party. The party built its base here in 1969. Tal-Pietà is regarded as a suburb of

Ħamrun Hamrun (; ) is a town in the Southern Region of Malta, with a population of 9,244 as of March 2014. The people The townspeople are traditionally known as ''Tas-Sikkina'' (literally meaning 'of the knife' or 'those who carry a knife') or as '' ...

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, Floriana and Valletta. Most of its resident population over the past 50 years hails from this area. The population of Pietà was 3,853 in November 2005, which had been an increase over previous years due to a new housing estate and the redevelopment of old homes over the past thirty years. In March 2014 the population stood at 4,020. A large number of Maltese citizens have Tal-Pietà as their place of birth, because many women give birth at St. Luke's Hospital. Tal-Pietà is not, however, considered by the Maltese born there to be their home town, that being considered instead the town or city they first lived in. In August 2020, a group of enthusiasts formed the first band club in Tal-Pietà named Soċjetà Filarmonika Madonna ta' Fatima, Gwardamanġa - Pietà. The first General Meeting was in November 2021. By the first months, the band club had already nearly 100 members. The premises of the band club is at 231, Triq id-Duluri, Tal-Pietà,

Education

* The secondary school for St. Augustine's College, run by the

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Administration

The current Pietà local council members are: *Keith Tanti (

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, PL) *Zoya Attard (Deputy Mayor, PL) *Anthony Camilleri (PL) *Josef Fitzpatrick ( PN) *Annhelica Agius (PN) *Simon Cauchi (Executive Secretary)

Locations within Pietà

Zones in Tal-Pietà

*Ta' Braxia *Xatt it-Tiben *Sa Maison * Gwardamanġa

Tal-Pietà Main Roads

* Misraħ San Luqa (St Luke's Square) * Misraħ il-Madonna ta' Fátima (Our Lady of Fátima Square) * Telghet Gwardamanġa (Gwardamanġa Hill) * Triq ix-Xatt (Marina Street) * Triq il-Mimosa (Mimosa Street) * Triq San Luqa (St Luke's Road) * Triq Santa Monika (St Monica Street) * Triq San Guzepp (St. Joseph Street) * Triq id-Duluri (Our Lady of Sorrows Street) * Triq Zammit Clapp (Zammit Clapp Street) * Triq Hookham Frere (Hookham Frere Street) * Triq San Girgor (St Gregory Street) * Triq is-Sorijiet tal-Ursolini (Ursoline Sisters Street) * Sqaq Borton (Borton Lane)

References

External links

Our Lady of Fátima Parish Feast Commission
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