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Mosta, Malta
Mosta () is a small but densely populated city in the Northern Region, Malta, Northern Region of Malta. The most prominent building in Mosta is Rotunda of Mosta, the Rotunda, a large Basilicas in the Catholic Church, basilica built by its parishioners' volunteer labour. It features the world's 3rd largest unsupported dome, and displays a replica of a German bombshell that famously crashed through the dome but did not detonate upon impact. Mosta celebrates the parish feast of the assumption of Mary, Assumption every 15 August. Mosta's feast day celebration is popular amongst both locals and tourists. The city is annually decorated by local parishioners and townspeople, seeking to demonstrate their affection for the city and its patron saint, weeks ahead of the public procession. General History Mosta has been inhabited since pre-history. Dolmen, Dolmens in the limits of Mosta and cart ruts are primary evidence of this. Each dolmen has two rectangular standing stones and one ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Councils Of Malta
Since June 30, 1993, Malta has been subdivided into 68 localities, governed by local councils, , meaning municipalities or boroughs, and considered by the Maltese as the equivalent to basic villages or towns, where appropriate. These form the most basic type of local government and are subdivisions of the country's first-level Regions of Malta, regions. According to the Local Councils Act (Chapter 363 of the Laws of Malta), Art. 3: (1) Every locality shall have a Council which shall have all such functions as are granted to it by this Act ... (5) Each locality shall be referred to by the name as designated in the Second Schedule and any reference to that locality shall be by the name so designated. List of Maltese local councils Political affiliation of mayors List of Maltese and Gozitan local communities councils Elections for these administrative committees were first ever held 2010 Maltese local elections, 27 March 2010, in the first 8 hamlets listed in this list, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ta' Bistra
Taw, tav, or taf is the twenty-second and last letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic ''tāʾ'' , Aramaic ''taw'' 𐡕, Hebrew ''tav'' , Phoenician ''tāw'' 𐤕, and Syriac ''taw'' ܬ. In Arabic, it also gives rise to the derived letter ''ṯāʾ''. Its original sound value is . It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪉, South Arabian , and Ge'ez . The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek ''tau'' (Τ), Latin T, and Cyrillic Т. Origins Taw is believed to be derived from the Egyptian hieroglyph representing a tally mark. Arabic tāʾ The letter is named '. It is written in several ways depending on its position in the word: Final ('' fatha'', then with a sukun on it, pronounced , though diacritics are normally omitted) is used to mark feminine gender for third-person perfective/past tense verbs, while final (, ) is used to mark past-tense second-person singular masculine verbs, final (, ) to mark past-tense second-person singular fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Margerita
Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christianity, Western Christian culture who is said to Christmas gift-bringer, bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve. Christmas elf, Christmas elves are said to make the gifts in Santa's Santa's workshop, workshop, while Santa Claus's reindeer, flying reindeer pull his sleigh through the air. The popular conception of Santa Claus originates from Saint Nicholas (European folklore), folklore traditions surrounding the 4th-century Christian bishop Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children. Saint Nicholas became renowned for his reported generosity and secret gift-giving. The image of Santa Claus shares similarities with the English figure of Father Christmas, and they are both now popularly regarded as the same person. Santa is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white-bearded man, often with spectac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Saint Joseph (Mosta)
Mount Saint Joseph may refer to: Communities * Mount Saint Joseph, Ohio, United States, an unincorporated community in central Delhi Township, Hamilton County Educational institutions Australia * Mount Saint Joseph, Milperra, an independent Catholic girls school in Milperra, New South Wales * Mount St. Joseph Girls' College, a Catholic girls school in Altona, Victoria United Kingdom * Mount St Joseph School, a secondary school in Farnworth, Greater Manchester, England United States * Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded as Mount Saint Joseph College and renamed in 1938 * Mount St. Joseph University, Cincinnati, Ohio, a private Catholic co-educational university * Mount Saint Joseph High School, Baltimore, Maryland, a private Catholic high school Hospitals * Mount Saint Joseph Hospital, a public hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Religious places * Mount Saint Joseph (West Virginia), a historic house near Wheeling, West Virginia, United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosta Technopark
Mosta () is a small but densely populated city in the Northern Region, Malta, Northern Region of Malta. The most prominent building in Mosta is Rotunda of Mosta, the Rotunda, a large Basilicas in the Catholic Church, basilica built by its parishioners' volunteer labour. It features the world's 3rd largest unsupported dome, and displays a replica of a German bombshell that famously crashed through the dome but did not detonate upon impact. Mosta celebrates the parish feast of the assumption of Mary, Assumption every 15 August. Mosta's feast day celebration is popular amongst both locals and tourists. The city is annually decorated by local parishioners and townspeople, seeking to demonstrate their affection for the city and its patron saint, weeks ahead of the public procession. General History Mosta has been inhabited since pre-history. Dolmen, Dolmens in the limits of Mosta and cart ruts are primary evidence of this. Each dolmen has two rectangular standing stones and one ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
