Għajnsielem

Għajnsielem is a city on Gozo, Malta. It includes the island of Comino. It has a population of 3,200 residents (as of March 2014).

Understand

Its name originated from the water spring, around which in 1700, Grandmaster Perellos built an arcade containing public wash basins and fresh water spouts.

Get in

It is 4.2 km from Victoria (Rabat) — 8 min by car, 17 min on bus 301 from Value in Gozo, or 50 min on foot,

Get around

See

• Lourdes Chapel with its sharp steeple and underlying niche of Our Lady of Lourdes
• Fort Chambray
• Ghajnsielem Parish Church

Do

• Għajnsielem F.C.. The oldest-still-active club in Gozo, it was founded in 1936. The club has won the Gozo Football League First Division seven times. (updated Jan 2018)

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