Gudja

It is one of the sixty-eight local councils that make up the current territorial organization of the Republic of Malta, which came into force in 1993.The town is located on a small hill south of the city of Valletta.

In the village there is a square called Palazzo Bettina. The parish church is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and is the only one in Malta with three bell towers. The most conspicuous of these is the non-symmetric Neoclassical William Baker Tower

The Chapel of the Virgin of Loreto, built in 1548 by the knight Imbert de Morine to thank the protection received during a battle against Turkey that took place in the area.

The Chapel of the Annunciation, from 1754.

Saint Catherine’s Chapel, an early modern church located where an older chapel stood.

Gudja is also famous for the medieval chapel of Bir Miftuh, which is more than 500 years old.

Malta Holy Week is known worldwide for its Catholic traditions and the passion with which the population experience it, staging events and processions that leave both tourists and locals amazed. It is relevant to point out that there are more than 360 churches in an archipelago of just 300 square kilometers.

Gudja Holy Week is part of the Southern Regional Council, made up of a total of twelve localities that have in common, among other things, the celebration of the procession of the Virgin of Sorrows. The city holds a unique exhibition of crosses manufactured with different materials.