 Senglea (L'Isla) | ||
| Senglea, L'Isla - Città Invicta | ||
| District | Southern Harbor District | |
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| Residents | 2.784 (2014) | |
| height | 18 m | |
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Senglea (L'Isla) is a municipality in Southern Harbor District east of Grand Harbor Malta and belongs to the Three Cities (Cottonera).
background
On the east side of the Grand Harbor form the rocky elevations of the two headlands of Birgu (Vittoriosa) and Senglea (L'Isla) as well as the municipality in between in the hinterland Bormla (Cospicua) the "Three Cities" or Cottonera.
The peninsula L'Isla is only 823 m long and 320 meters wide at its widest point, it is located between the two harbor basins Galley Port with the large marina (on the side of Cospicua / Birgu) and the French Creek with its yards on the direction side Marsa.
history
In the Middle Ages, the peninsula was considered L'Isola di San Giuliano As a hunting area, the first building was St. Julian's Chapel, built around 1311.
In 1550, Grand Master Juan d'Homedes commissioned the fortress architect Pedro Pardo das Fort St. Michael to block access to the peninsula. The fortress, built in 1552/53, sealed the fate of the city. In the next decade, apartment buildings were built in the walled part of the city. With great effort, L'Isla was able to get its name after the expansion promoted by Grand Master Claude de la Sengle Senglea received to defend against the oncoming Turks during the siege of 1566. With the Fort Sant'Angelo in Birgu and the Fort Sant'Elmo Valletta Michael fortress bore the brunt of the siege - since it had never been conquered, the city was given the name affix after the siege was over Città invicta.
In 1581 the church became Nativity of our Lady / Our Lady of Victory Elevated to a parish church, in 1921 Pope Benedict XV made it a minor basilica. The plague of 1676, the uprising against the Napoleonic troops in 1789 and a mildly expired plague of 1813 (in memory of which a statue of the Madonna was erected in the city made the city grow - the residents found employment in the nearby shipyards and dry docks.
The proximity to the shipyards and the strategic importance of the fortress were the city's undoing during World War II: an air raid on HMS Illustrious, which was in the dock, on January 16, 1941, which killed 21 people and destroyed almost all important buildings in the city, including the basilica, led, initiated the bombing, the end of the siege of Malta by the Axis powers could only be declared in 1943, the day fell on the day of victory, September 8th.
The basilica was rebuilt and could be inaugurated in 1957, the statue of Marija Bambina could be put back in its original place in the church. A memorial was erected in 1991 to mark the 50th anniversary of the bombing, and Pope John Paul II had paid a visit to the city the year before.
getting there
The 1 Malta International Airport located in Luqa about five kilometers south of the city.
By bus
The bus routes X7 operates as an express line from Birgu-Riche above Senglea with a long detour over the Airport to Valetta.
The bus route 1 wrong from Valetta to Senglea / L'Isla inside, the lines 2 and 3 run from Valetta above Cospicua to Birgu.
The bus route 124 runs in a circuit between Marsascala, Senglea / L'Isla and Birgu.
The bus route 213 increased from Mater Dei Hospital via the bus station from Marsa to Senglea and further after Birgu.
On the website of Arriva there is a simple one General plan.
In the street
From the main street 1 change to the main road at the traffic junction in Marsa 8on which it continues after Senglea (L'Isla), Birgu (Vittoriosa) and Kalkara goes.
By boat
A scenic alternative is to cross one of the Dghajsa (gondola-like ferry boats) that run between the Old Costums House in Valetta and the quay at the Maritime Museum in Birgu circulate.
An alternative is the ferry, which runs every half hour Valletta Ferry Services between Valletta (Lascaris) - L'Isla and Cospicua (Bormla):
- Valletta Ferry Services. Open: approx. 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. / 7 p.m., every 30 min.Price: 1.50 / return 2.80 € / 0.50 / return 0.90 €.
Yacht owners can join the Grand Harbor Marina Moor at the Vittoriosa Waterfront within sight of Senglea.
mobility
Locally one moves on foot, the bus line 1 runs from Valletta to L'Isla into it.
Tourist Attractions
- the Fort Saint Michel, named after the archangel, was used as a fortification of the landside access to the peninsula L'Isla Erected in 1552/53. It is worth seeing 1 City gate, the access to the city where the Victory Road / Triq il-Vitorja begins, this road runs as the main road through the whole island.
- the northern embankment Triq It-Tarzna leads under the 2 Sheer Bastion (Il-Macina) through.
- the port-side tip of the headland was in 16./17. Century through the Senglea Point Bastion secured. Of the Track battery resp. the 3 Safe Haven Garden gives a good panoramic view of the Grand Harbor; the lookout tower "Vedette" or too good Maltese "Gardjola" has become the most photographed landmark of Malta. Stylized eyes and ears symbolize keeping a lookout, the pelican (who, according to legend, should feed his young with his own blood in an emergency), the self-sacrificing motherly love or even the sacrificial death of Christ.
- a staircase leads down to the 4 Lower Battery, down here was that too Great Siege Chain Store, where the iron chain was kept, which was used to cordon off the Galley Harbor was stretched over to Fort Sant'Angelo.
- the 5 Saint Philip's Chapel was built in 1596/1610 as a seafarers' church, in 1664 the church was expanded by a convent of the community of St. Philipp Neri, in 1837 the monastery was converted into a hospice for cholera sufferers.
- the 6 Basilica Our Lady of Victory, the church was elevated to a parish church in 1581, a new building from 1743 was destroyed by the bombings in World War II and rebuilt in 1957.
- the 7 Saint Julian Chapel, (San Giljan) was renewed in 1539 on the foundations of a church that was mentioned in 1311. This church was considerably damaged by the earthquake of 1693 (in Val di Noto), but was then rebuilt in 1712 under L. Gafa. During the Second World War, the church suffered only minor damage from a bomb explosion, but it was practically the only building in the area that remained standing.
activities
- Sightseeing of the city, especially the park-like one Safe Heaven Gardens on the bastion on the harbor side with the Gardjola.
- the regatta in the Grand Harbor: on July 2nd, a regatta is held in the harbor, teams from the surrounding communities competed in various categories Dghajsa-Boots against each other with great participation of the population.
- the regatta on Victory Day: the rowers from Senglea were repeatedly victorious in the regatta between Valetta and Marsa on September 8th, but were only rarely able to defend the title in consecutive years.
- the Good Friday procession
shop
kitchen
nightlife
The nightlife plays mostly in St. Julian's from.
accommodation
security
health
There is a health center on site in Senglea / L'Isla, otherwise it is the central one 1 Mater Dei University Hospital at Birkirkara with an emergency center point of contact in medical emergencies.
Practical advice
- Senglea Local Council, Uffiċċju Amministrattiv; 2/4, Triq San Ġużepp, Isla ISL1229. Tel.: 356 2166 2424, Fax: 356 2166 2566.
trips
literature
Web links
- http://www.islalocalcouncil.com/ - Senglea official website
