Sorgente: Central Bank of Malta
=> The silver coin featuring iċ-Ċittadella (the Citadel) is the result of a collaboration project between the Central Bank of Malta and the Ministry for Gozo and Planning.
The city of Victoria, comprising Rabat and iċ-Ċittadella, is the regional capital of Gozo. Built on high ground in the centre of the island, the city has ancient roots which date back at least to the Bronze Age. In 1600, the Order of St John commissioned Giovanni Rinaldini, an Italian military engineer to remodel and upgrade the defences of iċ‑Ċittadella. Although by the 1760s the military importance of iċ-Ċittadella diminished, it remained the administrative seat of government in Gozo.
In 1887, at the request of some prominent Gozitans, and on the occasion of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, the Ċittadella and Rabat were designated as a city, and by the Queen’s consent named ‘Victoria’. In 2014, a large‑scale rehabilitation and restoration of iċ-Ċittadella was initiated. The project won the 2022 Regiostars Awards. Iċ‑Ċittadella has been on Malta’s tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1998.
