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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).
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