Malta - Three Villages Attractions
Beyond Birkirkara's indefinable limits are the Siamese triplet villages of Attard, Balzan and Lija, known collectively as the Three Villages. During the last 300 to 400 years these small settlements gathered around village churches and fertile groves have grown into solid and wealthy towns.
The Maltese president, the American, German and EU ambassadors and the incumbent Grand Master all live within the Three Villages.
The Maltese president, the American, German and EU ambassadors and the incumbent Grand Master all live within the Three Villages.
Lija - Parish Church of St Savior
This church was designed by Giovanni Barbara in 1694 when he was just 24. It's an austere building in an equally cold square, but most of its detail is original. To the right of the church, past a statue of St Peter, is the earlier 16th C. parish church to St Savior.
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