Be the first to comment!‘Victoria: A Portrait of a City’ presented to Mr Lino Vella
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The Mayor of Victoria and President of the Region of Gozo, Dr Samuel Azzopardi, recently presented the book, ‘Victoria: A Portrait of a City’ to Mr Lino Vella, the editor of The Maltese Herald.
The book was recently published to celebrate the 125th anniversary from when the Citadel and Rabat where declared a city and renamed Victoria.
The presentation took place at the Banca Giuratale, the historical seat of the municipal governments of Victoria and Gozo. Also present for the presentation was Mr Ian Paul Bajada Secretary of the Gozo Regional Committee.
‘Victoria – a portrait of a City,’ with its 256 pages, more than 40,000 words, 300 references and 500 photographs, vividly describes the story of the town and its people from the first human settlement in the Neolithic Period till the present times.
The book is edited by Charles Cini, written by Dr Joseph Bezzina with photography and design by Daniel Cilia and will be available from the Victoria Local Council Offices, at the price of €35.
Photo by Charles Spiteri.
