St Mary's Chapel, Bir Miftuħ

The chapel stands freely and has a rectangular plan which measures about eleven by fourteen metres.

[1] On the arrival of the Knights of St John, a captain was appointed to defend the area of Bir Miftuħ.

The church was visited by the Apostolic Deligate Monsignor Pietro Dusina in 1575 who found it well equipped for divine services.

On April 9, 1942 the church ceiling collapsed as a result of an air raid during World War II.

Din l-Art Ħelwa is curator to the church and opens it on the first Sunday of each month from 9.00 am till 12.00 pm.

The second tier shows the condemned taken into the fires of hell by demons with horns, tails and webbed feet.

On the left side, one can make out the wing of an angel and the back of one of the faithful being drawn towards God and the Virgin Mary.

On the north wall, there is a fresco of a woman, in a costume typical of the 16th century, holding a lily in one hand and pointing to the main altar painting with the other.

Interior of the chapel