IL-Wardija
Wardija is a hamlet in St. Paul's Bay,
Malta, about 363 feet above sea level.
Its name is corrupted from the Sicilian
or Italian word guardia, meaning 'to
watch'). Although the name of the
hamlet has Arabic lexicons, it was
probably named later when Maltese,
then an Arabic dialect, remained a
dominant language.
The hamlet is bordered with Bidnija,
Buġibba,
San
Martin
and
Pwales.
Several archeological remains are
found in the whereabouts, proving that
it was inhabited in pre-history and the
Roman period, and it has always been
mainly a rural village. From the 16th till
the 18th-centuries it saw a shift into a
hunting zone with the construction of
several hunting lodges and chapels.
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