• 2000

    1st August 2018

    Recent developments include the building of the Saint Helena Parish Centre in 1992 toat the back of the basilica’s...

    St. Helen Museum Birkirkara
  • 1906-1999

    1st August 2018

    1906 – 1910 | The church dome and vaults are decorated with a fresco cycle by artist Virginio Monti....

    St. Helen Museum Birkirkara
  • 1800-1867

    1st August 2018

    1798 – 1800 | Invasion by Napoleon’s French forces and the subsequent blockade of the French garrison in the...

    St. Helen Museum Birkirkara
  • 1709-1791

    1st August 2018

    1709 | The titular saint of the parish church officially becomes Saint Helen. 1716 | Initiatives are undertaken for...

    St. Helen Museum Birkirkara
  • 1630-1692

    1st August 2018

    1630 | Pope Urban VIII elevates the Birkirkara parish church to the status of a Collegiate church bearing the...

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  • 1551-1594

    1st August 2018

    1551 | Birkirkara was devastated in the attack by Torghut Rais and Sinan Pasha. 1560 | By order of...

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  • 1402

    1st August 2018

    Historical documentation confirms the existence of a parish in Birkirkara, la cappella Sancte Helene alias Sancte Marie de Birkarkam...

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