Icawa
Our Lady of Victories Church
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Indawo
South Street
Valletta
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Dating back to the Great Siege of 1565, the Church of Our Lady of Victory marks the Knights’ victory over the Turks and was the first church to be built in Valletta
The Our Lady of Victories Church, formerly known as the Saint Anthony the Abbot Church, was the first church and building completed in Valletta. In 1566 following the Great Siege of Malta, Grand Master, Jean Parisot de Valette and his Order showed interest to build a church as a form of thanksgiving to the Virgin and named it The Nativity of the Virgin.