Siġġiewi
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Siggiewi [ sɪ'dʒi ː wi ] (or Is- Siggiewi ) is a city and a municipality in the south of Malta. It lies on a plateau in the interior, a few kilometers away from the former capital of Malta, Mdina, and 10 km from the present capital Valletta. Until 2001, the motto of Siggiewi " labs et Virtute " was (Labour and Virtue).
The community Siggiewi extends to the south coast of the island.
History
In their demographic and topographic development Siggiewi followed the pattern of other Maltese villages. Before the arrival of the Knights of St John in 1530 there were only a few scattered huts in the area. Gradually the villages Xluq Hal, Hal Kbir, Hal and Hal Niklusi Qdieri went on in the town of Siggiewi and today only remember her lying deposited chapels to its former existence.
Siggiewi was founded in the 14th century. On December 30, 1797, Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch filed, pursuant to the request of the inhabitants - put forward by the parish priest, Don Salvatore Curso - the village to the city and named it after himself " Città Ferdinand ".
The ruins of the former parish church of St. Nicholas of Bari are still visible today. The baroque new parish church - named after the same saint - was built by the people who also mustered the necessary money in the years 1676-1693. It was designed by architect Lorenzo Gafa Maltese, but was changed over the years. The portico and the aisles were added thereto by Professor Nicola Zammit in the second half of the 19th century.
The main paintings in the church was created by the painter Mattia Preti, "Il Calabrese ", who was also responsible for the paintings in the vault of St. John 's Co-Cathedral in Valletta. The wooden statue, which is used by residents at the town fair worn ( on the last Sunday in July ) through the streets, was created in 1737 by Pietro Felici. Some years earlier, in 1732, the same artist who designed the statue, which still stands in the middle of the forecourt today. There is a prayer in Latin, which asks the saints to be gracious and bless the fields that you edit the faithful diligently At its foundation.
Tourism
From Siggiewi one looks at the summer palace of the Inquisitor, built 1625 by Visconti Onorato, and renovated in 1763 by Angelo Dorini. Today it is the official residence of the Prime Minister. The Palace of the Grand Master Verdale ( Verdala Palace ) is one of the residences of the President of the Republic. Subsequently, one finds the Buskett, an artificial forest, the Grand Master, such as Jean de la Valette, used as a hunting ground. Today it is the largest forest area in Malta.
In the old part of the city there are some niches with figures, some from the mid-17th century of which date.
From the coast you can look at Filfla.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Pawlu Aquilina (1929-2009), poet and writer