Swieqi

35.92083333333314.48Koordinaten: 35 ° 55 ' N, 14 ° 29'

Swieqi (or Is-Swieqi ) is a city in the northeast of the island of Malta. Your name stems from the irrigation canals ago that ran through former farm land. By bus, the city in 15 minutes from Sliema from can be reached.

Your quiet, central location made ​​it a preferred address for the high society of the island. Swieqi is a mostly residential city, although there are now companies in the information technology and schools for English language.

Swieqi to include also the places Ibrag, Madliena and parts of St. Andrews. Madliena owes its name to the Chapel of St.. Magdalena, which was built in the 15th century. Ta 'l- Ibrag is a new district, which has reached its highest growth rate in the past decade.

The coat of arms contains boulders ( paints: Bragg ), irrigation channels ( paints: swieqi ) and the St Andrew's cross. Swieqi also has its own local council; its postal code is shared with St. Julian's. Its municipality was created from parts of St. Julian's, Birkirkara, San Gwann and Għargħur. The parish church is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God. In Swieqi, there are few places of archaeological interest, mainly in Madliena: The Victoria Lines, Fort Madliena that Batteria San Giovanni and the chapel of Madliena.

Between Swieqi and the Sicilian town of Taormina, a partnership agreement was signed.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Professor Arnold Cassola, now Secretary General of the European Green
• Dolores Cristina, Coll Education and Culture Minister of Malta
• Dr. Joseph Borġ, former Minister and Member of the European Commission for fishing

Swieqi was the longtime residence of the writer Francis Ebejer, who also died in 1993 here.