Attard - Ste Mary's Parish Church

This is the best and probably the last of the handful of Renaissance-style churches built on Malta. The church was completed in 1613 based on designs attributed to either Vittorio Cassar or Tommasso Dingli, who was born here. The facade is nearly identical to that of the Assumption in Birkirkara (also credited to Dingli), and is a pleasing relief from the baroque style, with an elegant temple front and a neat triangular pediment above a circular window. The main door columns are finely detailed stone carvings and the six niches are occupied by saints.

The campanile was added to the cruciform plan in 1718. There is a small pastoral museum to the right of the church.