About this festa

Mġarr is a small village in the northwest of Malta, set among the island's most fertile agricultural land. The parish church dedicated to the Assumption of Our Lady is instantly recognisable by its distinctive egg-shaped dome, one of the most unusual church silhouettes in Malta. Local legend holds that the church was funded by donations of eggs from the farming community, which is why the dome was built in the shape of an egg. The August festa is celebrated with typical Maltese warmth in a village that retains a strongly agricultural identity. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the patronal feast of Mġarr's distinctive egg-domed church, one of the most recognisable silhouettes in rural Malta. The legend that local farmers donated eggs to fund the church's construction, leading to the egg-shaped dome, is cherished by the community whether or not it is historically verified.