The most beautiful street

Abstract

Infrastructure Malta is usually associated with the provision of the necessities of mobility and connectivity; and maintaining and enhancing the road network in particular. However, perhaps to inject some colour into the annus horribilis that was 2020, the Agency organised a competition to determine “the most beautiful street” in Malta. Sanctuary Street, Żabbar, came first: it is a long and straight street, with a mixed use of residential and small-scale commercial, professional and retail services and facilities, and connecting a square at its south end with the Żabbar Parish Church, dedicated to our Lady of Graces, at its north end (this being the Sanctuary after which it is named). Somehow, the street itself makes up for the absence of a church parvis: none is found in Żabbar.