Żabbar
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Żabbar, also known as Città Hompesch, is a city in the South Eastern Region of Malta. It is the seventh largest city in the country, with an estimated population of 15,648 as of January 2021. Originally a part of Żejtun, Żabbar was granted the title of Città Hompesch by the last of the Grand Masters of the Order of St. John to reign in Malta, Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim.
Sanctuary Street, leading to the Żabbar Parish Church
Hompesch Gate
Cannonball still lodged in the façade of a house in Żabbar.
Parish Church of Our Lady of Grace, Żabbar
Żejtun
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Żejtun is a city in the South Eastern Region of Malta, with a population of 11,218 in the end of 2016. Żejtun is traditionally known as Città Beland, a title conferred by the grandmaster of the Order of the Knights of Malta, Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim in 1797. Before that, the village was known as Casale Santa Caterina, named after its patron saint and parish titular.
Farmland in Żejtun.
The Roman villa complex in Żejtun.
The vault of the northern semitransept of Saint Catherine's Old Church, completed in 1593.
The parish church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, V.M., finished in 1778.