Naxxar (Maltese: In-Naxxar) is a town and local council in the Northern Region of Malta.

The whole locality comprises the following zones: According to legend and the Bible, the Naxxarin were amongst the first to help Saint Paul and his fellow shipwrecked passengers when their ship ran aground.

Others insist that the name comes from "Nsara" or "Nazaroei" which means 'those who believe in the teachings of Christ who came from Nazareth and thus "Nozri"'.

[2] It is not clear when Naxxar became a village, but human habitation in the area dates to the prehistoric era.

The cart ruts which start at Salina up to it-Targa and near Ghadira tal-Wej were probably first cut in the same period.

The parish church was solemnly consecrated by Bishop Alpheran de Bussan on 11 December 1732.

Other paintings which show the Madonna and Child, St. Cajetan, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Our Saviour and Our Lady of Sorrows are the works of the Maltese painter Franġisku Zahra.

Naxxar was one of the first villages which had the statues of the Passion of Our Lord and in fact it is believed that the procession started being held just after 1750.

On 9 November 1787, the body of the martyr St. Vittorio was brought from the cemetery of St. Calepodio of Rome and is found in the altar in the choir.

After buying the property in 1898, Marquis Scicluna altered it into its present state and purchased more land at the back, converting it into a garden, between 1898 and 1906.

[12] Palazzo Nasciaro is an 18th-century palace built during the Order of St. John that saw different adaptive reuse throughout the years.

Throughout its history, it was the residence of architect Francesco Sammut and later of his son Giovanni Sammut, it was the Lieutenant's house in the north of Malta, later served as the first public school in Naxxar, it was the police headquarters and until recently a police station, it served as a maternity underground hospital during World War II and provided shelter for the community from the war bombardments.

[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][excessive citations] The outer gardens were demolished and developed into other surrounding buildings along the years.