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Following the story about the priests who went on a sailing trip in August 1760, accompanied by two sailors from the Order’s ship ‘San Antonio’ and driven by an urge to hunt for wild rabbits, [...]

Remember the six priests and their sailing trip? (Scroll up if you don’t.) Well here is how their story continued. The next day at sunrise they walked up to the church where one of the priests, [...]

As islanders, one of our favourite summer pastimes is to rent a boat and sail out with friends to enjoy our beautiful coastline. Our forefathers, it seems, loved to do the same. In August 1760, [...]

At times, Lampedusa was also used to afford care to the sick on board ship. On the 21st of June 1797, Captain Giuseppe Camilleri landed his sick sailors in Lampedusa so that they could be cared [...]

Don Benigno Gauci, who was the parish priest of Lampedusa and whom we mentioned earlier this week, was probably Maltese as he had an uncle in Malta called Don Francesco Xerri. Don Benigno sent [...]

The most important island outside Maltese waters which was most frequented by the Maltese corsairs was Lampedusa. The kingdom of the Two Sicilies considered the island part of its dominions, but [...]

In the 18th century, Vincenzo Caruana provided the services of pasticciaro, including the preparation of sfingi to the various clients who wanted to grab a bite while going on with their [...]

Following the Ottomans’ surrender and Malta’s victory in the Great Siege of 1565 – marked to this day on the 8th of September as one of Malta’s national holidays – Grand Master De Valette planned [...]