Giovanni Attard

Giovanni Attard (c. 1570–1636) was a Maltese architect, military engineer and stone carver from the town of Lija.

In 1609–10, he worked as a stone carver at the church of the Madonna tal-Għar and the adjoining Dominican priory at Rabat, along with stonemason Giuseppe Barbara.

[1] Attard was one of the capimastri (master builders) involved in the construction of the Wignacourt Aqueduct.

In 1612, Bolognese engineer Bontadino de Bontadini was appointed to take over the project when the Sicilian engineer Natale Tomasucci left Malta after being unable to solve the problem of how water would flow at points where the ground level dropped.

The following year, he was involved in the reconstruction of the church of the Madonna tal-Għar with Domenico Azzopardi.

Attard came up with the idea to construct arches to carry parts of the Wignacourt Aqueduct
Attard worked as a stone carver at the Parish Church of St. Mary with Tommaso Dingli