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Chapels: Tal-Wejda

This chapel is dedicated to Our lady of the Visitation. Ta’ Wejda was the nickname of Damiano Bonnici who built the present chapel in 1605. In reality this is the third building as, previous to this chapel there was another one, and yet before, according to tradition, as reported in an official document of 1575, there was a rock-cut chapel dedicated to Our Lady but which today cannot be identified and no one knows where it lies. The present chapel which is well kept, experienced the vicissitudes of the Second World War when it was hit on 11th March 1942. This was no wonder as it is sited very close to Ta’ Qali airfield, a military installation during this War. The damage incurred was repaired by 1944 and a bell-cot was also added. Amongst the works in this chapel there is the titular painting – the work of the artist Giuseppe M. Caruana (1900-1964) depicting Our Lady singing the Magnificat. There is also a statue of the Visitation by the statuary Wistin Camilleri (1885-1979).

Tal-Wejda


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