Attard
Attard is a locality in the Northern Region of Malta.
Attard is a locality in the Northern Region of Malta. Together with Balzan and Lija, it forms part of the "Three Villages" and has been inhabited since the Classical Period. It has a population of 12,268 as of 2021. Attard's traditional Latin motto is Florigera rosis halo due to its many flower gardens and citrus orchards. Attard is abundant in public gardens. The inhabitants of Attard are known as saraċini.
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Worth seeing in and around Attard
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ta' Qali National Stadium
The National Stadium, locally also referred to as Ta' Qali, officially known as Grawnd Nazzjonali, is a stadium located in Ta' Qali, Malta. The stadium, which also contains the headquarters of the Malta Football Association, seats 16,997 people and is, by far, the largest stadium in the country.
2.1 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Siege of Malta
The Siege of Malta in World War II was a military campaign in the Mediterranean theatre. From June 1940 to November 1942, the fight for the control of the strategically important island of the British Crown Colony of Malta pitted the air and naval forces of the Kingdom of Italy and Nazi Germany against the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy.
1.5 km · 1942 military campaign in the Mediterranean Theatre of the Second World War · Wikipedia - 03St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul, commonly known as St Paul's Cathedral or the Mdina Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in Mdina, Malta, dedicated to St. Paul the Apostle.
3.2 km · cathedral in Mdina, Malta · Wikipedia - 04Rotunda of Mosta
The Sanctuary Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady, commonly known as the Rotunda of Mosta or the Mosta Dome, is a Roman Catholic parish church and basilica in Mosta, Malta, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. It was built between 1833 and the 1860s to neoclassical designs of Giorgio Grognet de Vassé, on the site of an earlier Renaissance church which had been built around 1614 to designs of Tommaso Dingli.
2.2 km · church in Mosta, Malta · Wikipedia - 05San Anton Palace
San Anton Palace is a palace in Attard, Malta, that currently serves as the official residence of the president of Malta. It was originally built in the early 17th century as a country villa for Antoine de Paule, a knight of the Order of St.
900 m · palace in Attard, Malta · Wikipedia - 06Wignacourt Aqueduct
The Wignacourt Aqueduct is a 17th-century aqueduct in Malta, which was built by the Order of Saint John to carry water from springs in Dingli and Rabat to the newly built capital city Valletta. The aqueduct carried water through underground pipes and over arched viaducts across depressions in the ground.
1.6 km · 17th-century aqueduct in Malta · Wikipedia - 07Domvs Romana
The Domus Romana, stylized as the Domvs Romana, is a ruined Roman-era house located on the boundary between Mdina and Rabat, Malta. It was built in the 1st century BC as an aristocratic town house within the Roman city of Melite.
3.5 km · Roman-era house just outside the walls of Mdina, Malta · Wikipedia - 08Palazzo Vilhena
Vilhena Palace, also known as the Magisterial Palace and Palazzo Pretorio, is a French Baroque palace in Mdina, Malta. It is named after António Manoel de Vilhena, the Grand Master who commissioned it.
3.2 km · French Baroque palace in Mdina, Malta · Wikipedia - 09Centenary Stadium
The Centenary Stadium is a stadium located in Ta' Qali, Malta. The stadium, which is situated next to the National Stadium, houses the headquarters of the Malta Youth Football Association.
2.1 km · Maltese football ground · Wikipedia - 10Collegiate Church of St Paul
The Basilica of St Paul is a Roman Catholic Parish church located in Rabat, Malta.
3.7 km · Church in Rabat Malta · Wikipedia
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Getting to Attard
- Airports
- Malta (MLA), 7 km · Catania-Fontanarossa (CTA), 184 km · Falcone–Borsellino (PMO), 281 km
- Catania → Attard187 km · quickest by road, 4h 35m · €22–31
- Palermo → Attard266 km · quickest by road, 7h 7m · €35–49
- Tripoli → Attard353 km · quickest by air, 5h · $190–300
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Attard. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries sail from Sicily to Valletta and frequently from Gozo to Cirkewwa on the north tip of Malta island.
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