Section # 31 Hamrun
I think it is high time to tell you where my home town is. I live with my wife and the youngest of my children in Hamrun. Our other children all left this town. I was born in Hamrun and when my wife and I married we found a nice, cozy home in Hamrun. As I told you in my stories my wife's home town is St. Paul's Bay, but now she can say that she is a Hamruniza (a woman from Hamrun) too. But to make it clear our favorite village is her home town St, Paul's Bay.
As you can see from the map below Hamrun is surrounded by Marsa, St. Venera, Fleur-de-Lys and Msida. It is very near to the Capital City Valletta. Our town is rather one of the oldest and as such there is hardly any more space to be developed. In the past thirty or forty years the population of Hamrun was drastically reduced because the younger generation opts to go in new houses, in other towns and villages,
Today we are just taking a walk along the main Road of our town. In fact this is called St. Joseph High Road because it is one of the longest roads on the island. It passes through several towns and villages. It starts from the Valletta Bus Terminus and keeps on going to Rabat.
(Once again I wish to thank my friends Alfred and Jasmine Grech who offered me to use there thousands of photos which they have. In the future I will surely use more and more of their great collection of Photos and Videos about Malta. Just one last thing and when I say it, it gets me goose bumps. Alfred's wife Jasmine is from Malaysia but she loves Malta very much and the shooting of the videos and photos are mostly done by her. Well done Alfred and Jasmine!)
As you can see from the map below Hamrun is surrounded by Marsa, St. Venera, Fleur-de-Lys and Msida. It is very near to the Capital City Valletta. Our town is rather one of the oldest and as such there is hardly any more space to be developed. In the past thirty or forty years the population of Hamrun was drastically reduced because the younger generation opts to go in new houses, in other towns and villages,
Today we are just taking a walk along the main Road of our town. In fact this is called St. Joseph High Road because it is one of the longest roads on the island. It passes through several towns and villages. It starts from the Valletta Bus Terminus and keeps on going to Rabat.
(Once again I wish to thank my friends Alfred and Jasmine Grech who offered me to use there thousands of photos which they have. In the future I will surely use more and more of their great collection of Photos and Videos about Malta. Just one last thing and when I say it, it gets me goose bumps. Alfred's wife Jasmine is from Malaysia but she loves Malta very much and the shooting of the videos and photos are mostly done by her. Well done Alfred and Jasmine!)
We are starting our trip from St. Venera. Here we are just entering Hamrun. Notice the aqueducts which where built by grand Master Wignacourt to bring water from Rabat to Valletta
As we proceed down the road which is always very busy with traffic, we can see the Parish Church of Hamrun some distance away.
As we go further into the town the Magestic Parish Church looks bigger.
As we approach the Parish church, there is a small ancient Church called Tan-Nuzzu.
In this church there is Perpetual Adoration which means that people can go to spent same time to adore the Holy Eucharist at any time during the day.
Now we are in the center of the town. Along this road there are hundreds of Shops of all types which make Hamrun a business center.
Here we are just in front of the church. Le's take a close look at the facade, then we will go in.
The upper part of the facade
The lower part of the facade and the three front doors.
The Parish Church from the inside.
The paintings we see here are all done by the famous Maltese painter Envin Cremona.
Here one can see the main altar and two of the many lateral altars.
The patron Saint of our Village is St. Gejetan. This is the statue which is used in the procession on the feast of the Saint.
Having left the church we proceed in the direction towards Valletta. As you can see, there are shops, shops, shops everywhere.
As you can imagine there are many side streets which lead to the main road. But there is one small lane which has its entrance on the left side of the road.
One can see remains of old shops which bring memories of Malta was under the British.
A common sight. Hawkers selling their freshly cut green products along the side of the road when they can find a parking space.
Now we arrived in the only square along the road. The statue is dedicated to Fra Diego who was a holy man.
As you can see from the sign this is the 'entrance' or 'exit' to Hamrun. The Church seen here is the headquarters of the Society called M.U.S.E.U.M.
The society I just mentioned was founded by a Priest named Dun George Preca who is buried the Church just seen. Few years ago Dun George was made a Saint.
Please permit me to make an exception. This church is in Hamrun but it is not in the Main road. I am including it because it is the church where my wife and I got married.
The Church in which we married is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
Lastly, this is a Zoom shot Showing part of Hamrun with the Parish Church dominating the surrounding buildings.