page_title: Victoria, Gozo
section_title: Architectural heritage
hierarchical_section_title: Victoria, Gozo / Architectural heritage
caption_attribution_description: English: Citadel in Victoria (Rabat) on island of Gozo, Malta (2015). This media is about Maltese cultural property with inventory number 00003.
context_page_description: Victoria, also known among the native Maltese as Rabat or by its title Città Victoria, is the capital city of Gozo, the second largest island of Malta. The city has a total population of 6,901, and by population, is the largest locality in Gozo.
  The area around the town, situated on a hill near the centre of the island, has been settled since Neolithic times. Victoria is the name given on 10 June 1887 by the British government on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, at the request of Pietro Monsignor Pace, Bishop of Gozo. However, many Gozitans, mainly older Gozitans, still often refer to it by the name Rabat. It is usually known as Rabat, Gozo to distinguish it from the town of Rabat on the main island of Malta.
context_section_description: The Cittadella, including:
  Cathedral of the Assumption
  Gozo Museum of Archaeology
  Gran Castello Historic House (Folklore Museum)
  Natural Science Museum
  Old Prison
  St George's Basilica (St George's Square)
  Heart of Gozo: Il-Hagar Museum (St George's Square)
  War Memorial (Independence Square)
  Banca Giuratale (Independence Square)
  St Francis' Church (St Francis Square)
  War shelter under the Cittadella (Cittadella)
  War Shelter under Triq id-Dejqa (Narrow Street)
  War Shelter under St Augustine's Square (St Augustine's Convent)
  Churches in Victoria
  St Mary's Cathedral
  St. George's Basilica, Malta
  St Francis Conventual Church (Franciscan Friars)
  St James the Greater Church
  Nativity of Mary Church (Savina)
  St Augustine Church (Augustinian Friars)
  St John Bosco Oratory Church
  St Martha's Church
  Annunciation Church
  Cana Movement Church
  Good Shepherd Church
  Manresa Church (Jesuits)
  Our Lady of Grace Church (Capuchin Friars)
  Our Lady Help of Christians Church (Salesian Nuns)
  Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (Franciscan Nuns)
  Our Lady of Pompei Church (Dominican Nuns)
  St Barbara's Church (Citadel)
  St Joseph's Church (Citadel)
  Immaculate Conception Church (Seminary)
  Nazareth Chapel (Poor Clares)
caption: The Cittadella
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