Cospicua
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| Cospicua | |
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Motto: Città Cospicua |
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| Official name: | Bormla |
| Inhabitants' name: | Bormliżi |
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| Latitude: | 35°52 '56" N |
| Longitude: | 14°31 '20" E |
| Population total: | 5,642 (Nov 2005) |
| Borders: | Birgu, Fgura, Paola, Senglea, Żabbar |
| Patron saint: | Immaculate Conception or the Virgin Mary |
| Day of festa: | December 8 |
Cospicua, also known as Bormla to the Maltese, is a city on the Mediterranean island of Malta. It is the largest of the Three Cities, also known as Cottonera. It is situated between the other two towns which make up Cottonera which are Vittoriosa (Birgu) and Senglea (Isla). These three towns form part of the area surrounding the Grand Harbour and are found on the eastern side of the capital city Valletta. Its population is of 5,642 (Nov 2005).
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[edit] History
| Three Cities of Malta | |
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| Cospicua - Vittoriosa - Senglea |
Cospicua was the last of the three to be built. Its lines of majestic bastions, built by the Knights of Malta, are a sight to behold for sheer size and magnitude. In 1722, Grand Master Marc'Antonio Zondadari declared it a city and in view of its strong bastions named it Città Cospicua.
In 1776 the Order of St. John started to construct a dockyard, which was to play a vital role in the development of this city. During the reign of the British Empire, the navy made extensive use of the dockyard, particularly during the Crimean, First World War and during the years preceding the Second World War. As Malta became an independent country, the dockyard (now in government hands) became one of the most economic controversies of the island, and was often the bone of contention between the General Workers Union, to which most of its employees belonged and subsequent governments. It was only in recent years that the dockyard has been downsized and plans are now underway for the transformation of an area of the dockyard into a commercial and tourist centre.
Like any town in the Maltese islands, the importance of Cospicua cannot be measured simply in terms of its economic sector. The people of the city have long heralded it as Belt l-Immakulata or the City of the Immaculate -- in this case referring to the Immaculate Conception or the Virgin Mary, who is the patron of the city. The residents' love for their patron and the church dedicated to Her is deep rooted, and a matter which ties together several strains of national, cultural, church, and political history. Needless to say, this profound devotion has been the flame that has driven the Cospicuan spirit throughout its storied history.
[edit] Famous Cospicua residents
It was the hometown of Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici, a leading lawyer and a former Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party. Dr.Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, was a former Minister and also a former President of the Republic.
Cospicua is also the birthplace and hometown of Dom Mintoff, former Prime Minister and leader of The Malta Labour Party, as well as an influential veteran politician in his own right. Cospicua was also the home town of leading linguist Erin Serracino Inglott as well as numerous other professionals who led and still lead the country's civil service.
[edit] Culture
Cospicua celebrates its feast which is held annually on 8 December in honour of the Immaculate Conception.
Cospicua's football team is the St. George's F.C., the oldest on the island.
[edit] Bormla Main Roads
- Misraħ Gavino Gulia (Gavino Gulia Square)
- Misraħ Santa Margerita (St Margreth Square)
- Triq il-Kottonera (Cottonera Road)
- Triq il-Kunċizzjoni (Conception Street)
- Triq it-Tliet Ibliet (Three Cities Road)
- Triq l-Immakulata (Immacualte Street)
- Triq San Franġisk (St Frances Street)
- Triq San Ġwann t'Għuxa
- Triq San Nikola (St Nicholas Street)
- Triq Santa Tereża (St Theresa Street)
- Xatt ta' Bormla (Cospicua Strand)
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| Malta Island | ||
| Attard | Balzan | Birgu (Vittoriosa) | Birkirkara | Birżebbuġa | Bormla (Cospicua) | Dingli | Fgura | Floriana | Għargħur | Għaxaq | Gudja | Gżira | Ħamrun | Iklin | Isla (Senglea, Città Invicta) | Kalkara | Kirkop | Lija | Luqa | Marsa | Marsaskala (Wied il-Għajn) | Marsaxlokk | Mdina (Città Notabile) | Mellieħa | Mġarr | Mosta | Mqabba | Msida | Mtarfa | Naxxar | Paola (Raħal Ġdid) | Pembroke | Pietà | Qormi (Città Pinto) | Qrendi | Rabat | Safi | San Ġiljan (St. Julian's) | San Ġwann | San Pawl il-Baħar (St. Paul's Bay) | Santa Luċija | Santa Venera | Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand) | Sliema | Swieqi | Tarxien | Ta' Xbiex | Valletta | Xgħajra | Żabbar (Città Hompesch) | Żebbuġ (Città Rohan) | Żejtun (Città Beland) | Żurrieq | ||
| Gozo Island | ||
| Fontana | Għajnsielem | Għarb | Għasri | Kerċem | Munxar | Nadur | Qala | Rabat (Victoria) | San Lawrenz | Sannat | Xagħra | Xewkija | Żebbuġ | ||
