Cospicua, is a title given to the city of Bormla as it is known to the Maltese. It is a double-fortified harbour city on the Mediterranean island of Malta. It is the largest of the Three Cities. It was also given a title as Citta' Cottonera, but erroneously the title is now used to define the whole region. 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). This article is about the geographical term. ... Longitude is the east-west geographic coordinate measurement most commonly utilized in cartography and global navigation. ... Map of populations by country The largest religious gathering on Earth. ... For the early state in Chad, see Birgu Kingdom. ... Fgura is a medium-sized town in Malta, on the island of Malta. ... // Paola, (or old name Casal Paula), is a town in the south of Malta, with a population of 8,856 people (Nov 2005). ... Senglea is a fortified city in the east of Malta, mainly in the Grand Harbour area. ... Żabbar (or Ħaż-Żabbar) is the fourth largest town in Malta, with a population of 14,694 (Nov 2005). ... Saint Quentin is the patron saint of locksmiths and is also invoked against coughs and sneezes. ... Mary, mother of Jesus as the Immaculate Conception. ... Virgin Mary redirects here. ... The culture of Malta is a reflection of various cultures that have come into contact with the Maltese Islands throughout the centuries, including neighbouring Mediterranean cultures, and the cultures of the nations that ruled Malta for long periods of time prior to its independence in 1964. ... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Three Cities is a collective description of the three fortified cities of Cospicua, Vittoriosa, and Senglea on the Island of Malta, which are enclosed by the massive line of fortification created by the Knights of St John, the Cottonera Lines . ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Birgu is a small town in Malta that played a vital role in the Siege of Malta in 1565. ... Senglea is a fortified city in the east of Malta, mainly in the Grand Harbour area. ... Grand Harbour (in Maltese: Il-Port il-Kbir) is a natural harbour on the island of Malta. ... Valletta (Maltese: , commonly referred to as Il-Belt - The City) is the capital city of Malta. ...

History

Cospicua was inhabited since Neolithic times and the last to be fortified. 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. The Knights Hospitaller (also known as Knights of Rhodes, Knights of Malta, Cavaliers of Malta, and the Order of St. ... // Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... Fra MarcAntonio Zondadari was from Siena. ...

Its maritime facilities started during ancient times around the Phoenician era c. 600 B.C. 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. For other uses, see 1776 (disambiguation). ... Baron Vassiliev, a 19th-century Knight Commander The Knights Hospitaller (also known as the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Knights of Malta, Knights of Rhodes, and Chevaliers of Malta) was an organization that began as an Amalfitan hospital founded in Jerusalem in 1080... A dock is an area of water between two piers or alongside a pier, forming a chamber used for building or repairing one ship. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ... Combatants Allies: Second French Empire British Empire Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Sardinia Russian Empire Bulgarian volunteers Casualties 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 17,500 British 2,194 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of disease ~134,000 killed, wounded and died of disease The Crimean War (1853–1856) was fought... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

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. Mary, mother of Jesus as the Immaculate Conception. ... The term Virgin Mary has several different meanings: Mary, the mother of Jesus, the historical and multi-denominational concept of Mary Blessed Virgin Mary, the Roman Catholic theological and doctrinal concept of Mary Marian apparitions shrines to the Virgin Mary Virgin Mary in Islam, the Islamic theological and doctrinal concept... Saint Quentin is the patron saint of locksmiths and is also invoked against coughs and sneezes. ...

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. Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici (also known as Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici; sometimes colloqially referred to as ZERO) (b. ... {{Politics of Mal VIVA PN VIVA PN VIVA PN VIVA PN VIVA PN VIVA PN VIVA PN VIVA PN VIVA PN VIVA PN VIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA PNVIVA... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The office of the President of Malta (Maltese: ), came into being on 13 December 1974, when Malta became a Commonwealth 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. Dominic Mintoff (born 6 August 1916) was Prime Minister of Malta under British colonial rule, between 1955 and 1958, and then after independence, serving between 1971 and 1984. ... For the journal, see Linguistics (journal). ...

Culture

Cospicua celebrates its feast which is held annually on 8 December in honour of the Immaculate Conception. is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Mary, mother of Jesus as the Immaculate Conception. ...

Cospicua's football team is the St. George's F.C., the oldest on the island. Though the club was officially founded in 1890, documentation shows that by 1885 there were already three football teams at Cospicua. The oldest known photograph of the club, taken in 1894 after defeating Floriana to become Civilian Champions. ...

Tourist attractions

• Bir Mula Heritage - an ethnography, social history, anthropology museum and cultural venue
• Churches
• Fortifications
• The Georgian Architecture at the Dock area
• Local streets and alleys

Band Clubs

• St. George Band Club (Każin tal-Banda San Ġorġ)

Population by every Census

• 1901: 12,148 people
• 1921: 11,536 people
• 1931: 12,163 people
• 1948: 4,822 people
• 1957: 9,095 people
• 1967: 9,123 people
• 1985: 7,731 people
• 1995: 6,085 people
• 2005: 5,657 people

Zones in Bormla

• Dock No. 1
• Fuq Verdala
• San Ġwann t'Għuxa

Bormla Main Roads

• Misraħ Gavino Gulia (Gavino Gulia Square)
• Triq il-Ġdida (New Street)
• Triq il-Ġublew tal-Fidda (Silver Jubile Street)
• 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 Gorg (St. George's Street)
• Triq San Ġwann t'Għuxa
• Triq San Nikola (St Nicholas Street)
• Triq San Pawl (St Paul Street)
• Triq Santa Tereża (St Theresa Street)
• Triq Wiġi Rosato (Luigi Rosato Street)
• Xatt ta' Bormla (Cospicua Strand)

Bormla Streets that show the Roman Catholic Faith

• Bieb Santa Liena (St. Helen Gate)
• Misraħ Santa Margerita (St. Margerith Square)
• Sqaq il-Kunċizzjoni (Immaculate Conception Alley)
• Sqaq l-Erwieħ (Souls Alley)
• Sqaq l-Oratorju Nru. 1 u Nru.2 (Oratory Alley No.1 and No.2)
• Sqaq San Ġorġ (St. George Alley)
• Sqaq San Lazzru (St. Lazzarus Alley)
• Sqaq San Mikiel Nru. 1 u Nru.2 (St. Micheal Alley No.1 and No.2)
• Sqaq Santa Liena (St. Helen Alley)
• Sqaq Santa Tereża (St. Theresa Alley)
• Sur San Ġwann (St. John Bastion)
• Sur San Klement (St. Clement Bastion)
• Sur San Nikola (St. Nicholas Bastion)
• Sur San Pawl (St. Paul Bastion)
• Sur Santa Liena (St. Helen Bastion)
• Triq il-Kampnar (Bell Cot Street)
• Triq il-Kunċizzjoni (Immaculate Conception Street)
• Triq il-Madonna tal-Grazzja (Our Lady of Graces Street)
• Triq il-Pellegrinaġġ (Pilgrimage Street)
• Triq is-Sur Notre Dame (Notre Dame Bastion Street)
• Triq l-Immakulata (Immaculate Street)
• Triq l-Oratorju (Oratory Street)
• Triq San Franġisk (St. Frances Street)
• Triq San Ġorġ (St. George Street)
• Triq San Ġużepp (St. Joseph Street)
• Triq San Ġwann (St. John Street)
• Triq San Ġwann t'Għuxa (St. John the Baptist Street)
• Triq San Lazzru (St. Lazzarus Street)
• Triq San Mark (St. Mark Street)
• Triq San Mikiel (St. Micheal Street)
• Triq San Nikola (St. Nicholas Street)
• Triq San Pawl (St. Paul Street)
• Triq San Rokku (St. Rocco Street)
• Triq Sant' Andrija (St. Andrew Street)
• Triq Santa Liena (St. Helen Street)
• Triq Santa Margerita (St. Margerith Street)
• Triq Santa Marija (St. Mary Street)
• Triq Santa Tereża (St. Theresa Street)
• Triq tal-Karmnu (Our Lady of Monte Carmel Street)
• Wesgħa l-Knisja tan-Nattività (Nativity Church Square)
• Żona Fuq San Pawl (Above St. Paul Area)
• Żona San Ġwann t'Għuxa (St. John Area)

See also

• Bormla M.U.S.E.U.M Branch

Bormla, the largest of the three cities, was the second locality having a branch of the Society of Christian Doctrine M.U.S.E.U.M. A great effort was made by the first Superior General Eugenio Borg, who worked as a pattern-maker at the Dockyard. ...

External links

• Kottoner 98FM - A community radio station broadcasting from Cospicua

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Dingli (or Ħad-Dingli) is a small town in the west coast of Malta, with a population of 3,326 persons (Nov 2005), 13 kilometers from the capital Valletta and two kilometers from the nearest city, Rabat. ... Fgura is a medium-sized town in Malta, on the island of Malta. ... Floriana is a town in Malta, just outside the capital city Valletta. ... Għargħur (roughly pronounced ar-ur, għ being silent in Maltese) is one of the smallest and oldest towns of Malta. ... Għaxaq (or Ħal Għaxaq) is a village in the south of Malta, with a population of 4,388 people (Nov 2005). ... Gudja (or Il-Gudja) is a village in Malta with a population of 2,901 (Nov 2005). ... Gżira (or il-Gżira) is a town in the north-eastern coast of Malta (pop. ... Ħamrun (or Il-Ħamrun) is a town in the Inner Harbour Region of Malta, with a population of 9,513 people (Nov 2005). ... 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Pembroke, Maltas newest town, is on the northern coast of Malta. ... The Pietà waterfront Pietà (or Tal-Pietà) is a small town located on the outskirts of Valletta, the capital city of Malta. ... Statue of The Last Supper, used during the Good Friday procession in Qormi. ... Qrendi or Il-Qrendi is a small village in the southwest of Malta, with a population of 2,525 people (November 2005). ... Rabat (or Ir-Rabat) is a village just outside Mdina, Malta. ... Ħal Safi is a town of 1948 people (Nov 2005) in the southeast of Malta, near BirżebbuÄ¡a. ... St. ... San Ä wann is the 7th-largest city in Malta, with a population of 12,630 (Nov 2005) behind Birkirkara (21,775), Mosta (18,676), Qormi (16,576), Zabbar (14,694), St. ... Sunset over St. ... Chinese Garden of Serenity Santa LuÄ‹ija is a small village (pop. ... Santa Venera is a town in Malta, with a population of 6,087 (Nov 2005). ... 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See also: Å»ebbuÄ¡, Gozo for the small village on the island of Gozo. ... Chapel of St. ... Å»urrieq (or Iż-Å»urrieq) is one of the oldest towns in Malta, and has a population of 9,816 (Nov 2005). ...
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Coordinates: 35°52′56″N, 14°31′20″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...