Saint George’s Basilica

St George's Basilica or the Basilica and Collegiate Parish Church of Saint George, also simply known in Maltese as San Ġorġ, is a historic Baroque church situated in the middle of Gozo, the second largest island in the Maltese archipelago, and is surrounded by a maze of old narrow streets and alleys.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church in Victoria on the island of Gozo, Malta
  • Also known as: “Bażilika San Ġorġ Martri”, “Saint George parish in Gozo”, “St George’s Basilica, Victoria”, and “St. George’s Basilica”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gozo Museum of Archaeology and Cathedral of the Assumption.

Museum
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The is a in the , the oldest part of the city, of Victoria in , . The museum of Archaeology was opened in 1960 as the first public museum in Gozo and was known as the Gozo Museum. is situated 230 metres north of Saint George’s Basilica.

Church
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The of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the of Victoria in , . The cathedral is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, and has been the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gozo since the formation of the diocese in 1864. is situated 280 metres north of Saint George’s Basilica.

Church
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The Church of St James is a Roman Catholic church building in Victoria, Gozo, Malta, situated in Independence Square, the centre of the town. is situated 130 metres northeast of Saint George’s Basilica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fontana and Kercem.

Village
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, as a local council, is an administrative unit of , on the island of , with a population of 985 people.

Village
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Ta' Kerċem is a village in , in the island of , with a population of 1,938 people as of March 2014. Ta' Kerċem evolved into a village community around chapel dedicated to Pope Gregory the Great built around 1581 and replaced in 1851 by a church which was enlarged to its present state between 1906 and 1910.

Village
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is an administrative unit of , which lies on the southern side of the island of . As of March 2014, its population was 1,454 people. Close to this village, there is Bay, a popular tourist resort engulfed in a fjord-like inlet amongst high cliffs.

Saint George’s Basilica

Latitude
36.04378° or 36° 2′ 38″ north
Longitude
14.239° or 14° 14′ 20″ east
Levels
3
Open location code
8F8P26VQ+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 140418382
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q810099
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Saint George’s Basilica” goes by many names.

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