Cospicua (or Bormla) Travel Guide

Bormla, also known as Citta' Cospicua, is the oldest inhabited of the three towns. The town nestles behind the No 1 Dock built in 1842 - 1848, in Porto delle Galere, the older name for Dockyard Creek. The dockyard was first started by the Phoenicians and later developed with the colonizers needs. The knights and later the British turned it into their strategic and Mediterranean base for ship repair. The town plans were laid out in 1717 on a grid pattern. Though some of the older streets survive intact from remote times. The town boasts of its magnificent doric church of the Immaculate Conception a museum of artistry and craftsmanship that lived in the town for centuries. Other attractions in the town are the 17th century fortifications of the Knights, British Fort Verdala, Bir Mula Heritage - a social history museum located in a palazzino of the St. Margerita hill, and various other architectural jewels.