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The secondary feast fireworks displays occur annually during the third week of June, as part of the Feast in Honour of Our Lady of Lilies. Both ground and aerial fireworks displays are organized each day throughout the Feast. The highlight is the main fireworks event held on the
Saturday, the eve of
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Christian "Mintna Catacombs" found in Diamond Jubilee Square in 1860 by Dr. A. A. Caruana and Capt Strickland. The ritual table known as the "Agape" table dominates the whole structure of tombs. Archaeological details were studied by Mayr.
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Fireworks Factory, a world-renowned Fireworks group. The group won the first edition of the Malta International Fireworks Festival in 2006 and brought the most important honour in the
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Jumelage in 1998 (European Union award for twinning) - achieved by the King George V Band within the Society of St. Mary and King George V Band Club Mqabba for a twinning with the Corpo Bandistico Santa Vittoria in Matenano a province of Ascoli-Piceni in
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Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Sorrows, Corpus Domini and Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.
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prior to 1928 when the original wooden sarcophagus, depicted in the picture, was replaced by a new silver one. Despite this change, the statue itself has retained all of its distinctive characteristics.
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