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parked on the spot, while they should be left on wheels and removed every day. Operators have also started deploying deckchairs and umbrellas in the Blue Lagoon sandy beach as early as 7 AM, filling up all public space. Cruise liners bringing hundreds of tourists on the spot are leading to a strong environmental impact (with loud music and trash left on the spot, attracting rats) and creeping privatisation of the former natural hotspot, while providing no upkeep of the bay.
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In early 2021, with the pretext of emergency procedures to prevent the road from caving in, the Gozo
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in 2022, Back in 2016, Refalo and
Cutajar claimed that they were being scapegoated, and that "the chaos that now exists in the Blue Lagoon... is part of a larger and deeper problem facing Maltese tourism". Pleasure and Leisure Ltd, one of the companies running daily ferries to Comino under the brand
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to the Zammit
Cutajar family, which established the Comino Farming Company. Around 162 hectares (400 acres) of land were brought under cultivation, growing various crops and fruit orchards as well as snails which were exported to Italy. The island's population peaked at around 80 people in the late
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The touristic over-exploitation of Comino, and in particular of the Blue Lagoon, became a matter of contention in the late 2010s. Despite regulations, at least seven illegal kiosks have sprung up on the coastline; none of them has a permit from the Malta
Tourism Authority, and they are permanently
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Malta noted that the works, later greenlighted by the
Environment Resources Authority, had an impact on the natural surroundings, with excavation on trenches and widening of the track, and accused the authorities to attempt to legitimise illegal commercial activity. The works were welcomed by the
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of £100 per year (equivalent to $ 2,900 in 2023). The terms of the lease obliged Gaul's Comino
Development Ltd to establish a 200-room hotel on Comino by 1963. The lease was later renegotiated to a smaller area encompassing the current Comino Hotel at San Niklaw Bay and the bungalows at Santa
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was built in the 1960s above San Niklaw Bay. There are also holiday bungalows by the Santa Marija Bay. The hotel is being rebuilt by Hili
Ventures Ltd (run by Melo Hili) with an investment of €120m and set to be completed in 2023. The project is for the 100-room Comino Hotel to be demolished and
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from using Comino as a hiding place and staging ground for devastating sorties onto the sister islands of Malta and Gozo. Two years later the king levied a special tax on imported wine to raise funds for this project, but diverted the monies into his coffers; the island remained undefended for
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has denounced the overdevelopment and touristification, also conducting direct actions to remove the illegal deck-chairs and umbrellas in June and August 2022. Graffitti called for a master plan for Comino that would limit activity on the island as well as set defined areas for operators.
854:, an additional defensive structure, was also constructed in 1716 on the northern coast of Comino, however it was subsequently demolished. The Knights also constructed army barracks on Comino. In the early 20th century the barracks were periodically used as an isolation hospital.
840:, built in 1716, at the same time as various other batteries around the coastline of mainland Malta and Gozo, is situated facing the South Comino Channel. It is a semi-circular structure with a number of embrasures facing the sea. The Battery still houses two 24-pound iron
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grounded on an uncharted rock in the Comino
Channel, ripping her bottom open. She slowly flooded and, in a gale on 14 March 1889 she slipped off the rock and sank. The Italian firm of Baghino & Co raised her in August 1889 for a fee of £50,000. On 27 August,
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Military abandoned the site. For several decades it was deemed to be property of the local civil authorities, and might have been used as an isolation hospital, or even as a wintering pen for farm animals. The tower again saw active service during both
587:. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Comino served as a place of imprisonment or exile for errant knights. Knights who were convicted of minor crimes were occasionally sentenced to the lonely and dangerous task of manning St. Mary's Tower.
698:— located at vantage points along the coastline of the Maltese Islands, and greatly improved communications between Malta and Gozo. The tower is a large, square building with four corner turrets, located about 80 m (300 ft)
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of the project noted the negative impact of extraction of rock and soil from the site, and the loss of habitat in both sites due to the change in location and the increased number of building, further encroaching on the surrounding
541:. The caves and coves of Comino were frequently used as staging posts for raids on hapless boats crossing between Malta and Gozo. From 1285 until some time after 1290, Comino was the home of exiled Jewish prophet and
702:. The tower itself is about 12 m (39 ft) tall, with walls that are approximately 6 m (20 ft) thick, and it is raised on a platform and plinth that are approximately 8 m (30 ft) high.
972:, literally "Between the Cominos"). Frequented by large numbers of tourists and tour boats daily, the Blue Lagoon is a picturesque bay with a white sandy base and rich marine life. It is popular with divers,
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Commercial interests and political connections have fostered the touristic exploitation of Comino. The deck-chair rentals at the Blue Lagoon are owned by Daniel Refalo, an associate of construction tycoon
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A chapel dedicated to the
Assumption of St Mary existed in the proximity of the Bay of St Mary since at least 1296. Indeed, it was this chapel which gave the bay its name and not opposite.
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In 1960, the farming company's lease was revoked and the
British government controversially granted a 150-year lease of the island to John Gaul, a British property magnate, on a near-
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illegal kiosk owners, including Refalo. The Labour Party organising secretary, architect William Lewis, also applied to install a wooden walkway over the
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use of electricity generators, while denying that fixed kiosks were being planned for Blue Lagoon. Environmental activists including
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is located above Santa Marija Bay. Built in 1618, and enlarged in 1667 and again in 1716, the chapel was originally dedicated to the
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As of 2023, Comino has a permanent population of only two residents, following the deaths of two other residents in 2017 and 2020.
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used this island as hunting and recreational grounds. The Knights were fiercely protective of the local game, which consisted of
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at sea. The tower underwent extensive restoration between 2002 and 2004. Today, it remains the most notable structure on Comino.
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1319:"Human Suffering During the Maltese Insurrection of 1798"
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A view of the Saint Mary's Tower dominating the coastline
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because it supports fifty to eighty breeding pairs of
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Ferries provide transportation to Comino from either
722:. Since 1982 the tower has been the property of the
1910:Refalo, Daniel; Cutajar, Mark (17 September 2016).
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2109:Comino, the Comino Caves & St. Mary's Tower
1936:Demarco, Joanna; Delia, Julian (17 June 2022).
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1667:Camilleri, Joseph. Sharples, Catherine (ed.).
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548:. It was on Comino that Abulafia composed his
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2388:West of il-Ħaġra s-Sewda to ix-Xaqqa Cliffs
2072:The Lost Ships of the Royal Navy, 1793–1900
2062:. pp. 138–139. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
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2070:Gossett, William Patrick (1986).
1692:Azzopardi, Kevin (18 July 2021).
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1452:"Far from the hustle and bustle"
1317:Savona-Ventura, Charles (1998).
1197:Ciantar, Giovannantonio (1772).
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2022:Delia, Julian (11 June 2022).
1855:Delia, Julian (20 June 2022).
1588:"Santa Marija Tower in Comino"
1418:– via melitensiawth.com.
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1653:A Military History of Malta
1552:A Military History of Malta
1135:European Environment Agency
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1805:. Ebsons Comino Ferries
1382:Dandria, David (2009).
964:) lie the transparent,
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21:Comino (disambiguation)
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1912:"Deckchairs on Comino"
1803:cominoferryservice.com
1723:cominoferryservice.com
1625:"il-Gżira ta' Kemmuna"
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2278:(Il-Ġebla tal-Ħalfa)
2250:Saint Paul's Islands
2098:Dive sites in Comino
1746:"Farewell to Comino"
1566:"Places of Interest"
1546:Formosa, Christian.
1233:imperialbandclub.com
1226:"X' taf fuq Kemuna?"
1113:on 13 December 2020.
1054:Comino is a popular
1031:Friends of the Earth
866:Comino Hotel in 2014
852:Saint Mary's Redoubt
838:Saint Mary's Battery
833:Saint Mary's Redoubt
829:Saint Mary's Battery
822:Saint Mary's Battery
567:In later years, the
507:yelkouan shearwaters
19:For other uses, see
2066:HMS Sultan disaster
1535:on 27 October 2009.
1388:Disaster at Comino"
806:il-Madonna tal-Blat
664:Alfonso V of Aragon
556:(Words of Beauty).
499:Important Bird Area
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2056:X' taf fuq Kemuna?
1611:Festa Santa Marija
1548:"St. Mary's Tower"
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1295:Malta Independent
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783:Royal Observatory
462:The island has a
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