Basilica of the Nativity of Mary
Rebuilt harbour-side basilica guarding a centuries-old, gold-crowned statue of the child Mary.
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This guide to the Basilica of the Nativity of Mary in Senglea, across the harbour from Valletta, begins on the third of April, seventeen eighteen, with Malta deep in drought and a parish priest named Fortunato Vella leading his people out of town with the statue they call il-Bambina. It follows that statue along country roads to Qormi and Zabbar, and later to a monsignor who gathered its stories into a dossier for Rome. Best heard standing where you can see the statue itself.
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