Social Studies - Our hometown

1. Sliema
Year 3.1

2. About Sliema
The name Sliema is the Maltese
word meaning ‘Peace’.
It was a fishing village.
There are over 16,000 people.

3. Churches
Stella Maris Church
Nazzarenu Church
Sacro Cuor Church
San Girgor
Church

4. Schools in Sliema
There are lots of schools in Sliema.
There are church schools, English Language Schools
and also our school which is a government school.
St. Clare College Sliema Primary School

5. Local Council
The local council is very close to the school.
The mayor is called Anthony Chircop.
The coat of Arms of Sliema is white and red.

6. Monuments
White shadow statues
shows a picture of a
family designed by
Richard England.
War monument dedicated to
those who died in world war
11.
Statues of popular
Maltese Actors Gemma
Portelli, Charles Clews and
Victor Apap.

7. Towers
It-Torri – (De RedinTower)
built to protect Malta from
sea attacks.
Il–Fortizza – (Sliema point
battery) built by the
British in the 1880s.

8. Historical buildings
FortTigne -Where the
Turkish commander
Dragut used his canons
to bombard St. Elmo.
Fort Cambridge
– was a military
barracks. Now
they are
apartments.
Old sea water distilling plant.

9. Sliema Promenade
People enjoy walking there especially in Summer.
Overlooks the rocky beach where people love swimming.
Independence Garden – is on the Sliema Promenade.There is also a children’s playground.

10. Sliema is also a shopping area.
It has 2 shopping malls.
Tigne Point Plaza