Mosta is a town in the north of Malta, best known for its beautiful 18th century Mosta Rotunda church, aka Mosta Dome.
Unless you have zero interest in Malta’s history and culture, you’ll be hard pressed to visit Malta and not hear about this iconic church.
Mosta Rotunda Church
The bomb
Mosta Ratunda’s most famous event took place during World War 2.
Malta was bombed severely during the war, it took a good thrashing for such a small nation.
A hefty 500kg German bomb shell crashed through the church dome before bouncing across the church floor three times, as a 300 strong congregation sat with bated breath during mass.
It really is a miracle that it didn’t land on anyone’s head.
Miraculously, the bomb didn’t go off, and the event is heralded as a miracle from God to this day.
Churches to Malta is like ice to the arctic, they don’t do churches by halves, each church if grand, majestic and architecturally awe inspiring.
How to get there
Getting around Malta is generally very easy since it’s so small.
203 from Sliema
202 from St Julian’s
41 42 45 or 48 from Valletta
186 from Bugibba
44 from Mellieha
Hop on Hop Off Bus: includes a Mosta stop on the northern route
Organised Day Tours: most will include a stop at Mosta with entry tickets included. Night time tours include a quick photo stop, but you won’t be able to go inside.
Cost: Tickets to get into the church will set you back 2 Euros 💶
charliecountryboy
OMG I’ve been there and I remember the story. The weather was inclement and so I traveled the island on bus. Stopping anywhere and exploring the churches. The people were fabulous, great post 😉
Cherryl
Thanks Charlie, yes it’s a great story – you couldn’t make it up lol, and it’s a beautiful church. It’s become a good time to look back on all our past travels… at the moment, and soak them up again. I had both extremes weather-wise – scorching hot and stormy blustery days with flooding…. typical for December perhaps 🤪
Thanks for taking a look, and stay well 😊🔆
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MG Mason Creative
Oh you’re there / have been! What do you think of Malta?
Cherryl
I was there for a couple of weeks and loved it, thanks for asking – its such a quaint place with heaps of history and character – and the Maltese really go all out for the Christmas season – the lights and decorations were brilliant so December was a great time to go. I’ll be posting a lot more about Malta shortly…. it would be great to hear your thoughts too 🔆
MG Mason Creative
Fab! I’ve been twice, both in Septembern could do with a December break there
Cherryl
Lol, go for it 😊 ✈️