The chief place on Gozo is Victoria (pop 6,800), which has a handsome cathedral (1697) built by Lorenzo Gafà. St George's Church has a number of pictures by Mattia Preti (1613-99).
The Gozo Museum contains an interesting collection of antiquities found on the island.
To celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee of 1897 the capital of Gozo,
Rabat, changed its name in her honor, although the locals still refer to the town as Rabat.
The old quarter here began to take shape more than 350 years ago and is made up of narrow alleys that mould themselves into a cohesive little maze of dark angular shadows and bright sunlight, distorting the delightful local balconies out of proportion.