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Paola (Maltese: Raħal Ġdid, Italian: Casal Nuovo, both meaning "New Town") is a town in the South Eastern Region of Malta, with 8,706 inhabitants as of 2019.The town is a commercial centre in the Southern Harbour area of Malta, about 5 km (3.1 mi) from the capital Valletta, contiguous to Tarxien and Fgura, with which it forms a single urban area.
The Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni (Maltese: Ipoġew ta' Ħal Saflieni; Maltese pronunciation: [safˈlɪː.nɪ]) is a Neolithic subterranean structure dating to the Saflieni phase (3300 – 3000 BC) in Maltese prehistory, located in Paola, Malta. It is often simply referred to as the Hypogeum (Maltese: Ipoġew), literally meaning "underground" in Greek.
Photographs exist showing Manuel and Carmnu Cassar erecting the arches. The formwork and the hoist to erect the arches are still in the basement of the church. Manuel Cassar was the son of Joseph Cassar also a stonemason and builder who built many houses in Paola. Joseph Cassar was from the neighbouring town of Tarxien.
"The Virgin Mary Mosque", [13] [14] also known as Paola Mosque [15] or Corradino Mosque) [16] is a mosque located in Paola, Malta. [17] The first stone of the mosque was laid by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1978 [ 18 ] and its doors were open to the public in 1982, and officiated in 1984.
The St. Ubaldesca Church (Maltese: Knisja ta' Sant'Ubaldeska) is a 17th-century baroque Roman Catholic church built during the Order of St. John in Paola, Malta.The building is a historic landmark, being the oldest church established in the locality and is listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands (NICPMI).
The Kordin Temples are a group of megalithic temples on Corradino Heights in Paola, Malta. The temples were inhabited from pre-history, by Phoenicians and then by the Greeks and Roman periods. [1] In the 17th century the site belonged to Giovanni Francesco Abela. He had excavated several sites in the whereabouts, and had his country residence ...