Fontana (Malta)

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Fontana
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Basic data
State : Malta
Gzejjer : Gozo and Comino
Distretti : Gozo and Comino
Area : 0,473,702 km²
Residents : 922
(December 31, 2018)
Population density : 1946 population / km²
ISO 3166-2 : MT-10
Website : [http: // localgovernment.gov.mt localgovernment.gov.mt ]
politics
Mayor : Savior Borg ( PN )

Coordinates: 36 ° 2 ′  N , 14 ° 14 ′  E

Fontana (or Il-Fontana ) is a village in the center of the island of Gozo in the Republic of Malta . 922 people live there (as of December 31, 2018).

Fontana is a suburb of Victoria Rabat on the road from Rabat to Xlendi . The residents call their village Triq tal-Għajn (Eng. Quellenstrasse). This name comes from a spring ( Italian fontana ) on the road to Xlendi, which is known as Il-Gnajn il-Kbira (English: large springs). In the 16th century, a spring socket with arcades was built as a washing area for the residents.

The local church (Knisja Parrokjali tal-Qalb ta 'Ġesu) was built between 1892 and 1904. It is consecrated to the Heart of Jesus , in whose honor the annual village festival is celebrated around the third week of June.

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Commons : Fontana, Gozo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ StatDB of the National Statistics Office Malta , accessed on August 1, 2020