maltatoday | SUNDAY • 20 SEPTEMBER 2020
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CULTURE
Free guided tours to San Pawl Milqi
ON Sunday, 27th September, Heritage Mal-
ta is organising two guided tours at San Pawl
Milqi. Entrance is free, however, participants
need to pre-book tickets from Heritage Malta
sites and museums.
The archaeological site of San Pawl Milqi
gets its name from the small chapel of San
Pawl Milqi that replaced the 15th century
chapel of St Paul Bindichi in the mid-17th
century, both of which were built on the re-
mains of a Roman villa.
This villa is traditionally connected with
the house of Publius, and therefore the
place where St Paul was welcomed by the
First Citizen. According to a traditional
Pauline cult, it was here that the Apostle St
Paul was greeted by Publius, the governor
and first bishop of Malta.
One must say that there is no documen-
tary evidence that St Paul was ever at this
place. However, this site, has attracted con-
siderable interest from those who have at
heart the Pauline cult and tradition.
Guided Tours: 9.00am (Maltese) 11.00am
(English) Due to COVID-19 health regula-
tions, limited tickets will be available. Tem-
perature reading will take place and Herit-
age Malta reserves the right to deny access
to anyone with a temperature higher than
37.2 degrees Celsius or if feeling unwell. For
more information, visit www.heritagemalta.
org
Inside San Pawl Milqi Chapel (above), and Archaeological remains beneath San Pawl Milqi (below)
