Ghasri Gozo, one of the smallest Parish in Gozo, Lighthouse, Gozo Farm
House HolidaysGhasri Gozo, one of the smallest Parish in Gozo, Lighthouse, Gozo Farm
House HolidaysMarsalfornGhasri Gozo, one of the smallest Parish in Gozo, Lighthouse, Gozo Farm
House Holidays
.....discover a very special
place
Planning
Your Trip...
Ghasri
is Gozo's smallest parish and village, until 1921 it formed part of
Zebbug. The village church was designed by a local priest, Dun
Guzepp Diacono and was built early in the twentieth century. The
foundation stone was laid on 6th September 1903 and it was dedicated to
the Corpus Christi (Body ofChrist) on 9th January 1916 to
Christ the Saviour. The parish church was established on 16th
December 1921 by Bishop Giovanni Marija Camilleri.
The name
Ghasri is likely to have evolved from one of the usages of the
verb ghasar (to press). Indeed, the emblem of Ghasri
consists of three olive trees and three olive presses.
'Ex
Labore Fructus'
'Fruitful Through Fatigue'
'Frott
Il-Gharaq'
Ghasri is
reached by taking the right fork on the Rabat-Gharb road. It is
dominated by a lighthouse known as Ta' Gordan, which stands at an
altitude of 180 metres, and was the first ever to be built on Gozo.
In its first year, this was just a small beacon, but it served its
purpose of guiding ships that frequented the area inlets. In 1857
a new 21 metre lighthouse was built and this was powered by 23 gasoline
lamps which remained in place until 1963. An electric device now
supplies the lamp so that its beacon can be seen over a radius of 50
kilometres.
