Mtarfa
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Mtarfa is a small town close to Rabat and Mdina in the north of Malta.
Mtarfa is a modern residential area, even though Roman inscriptions attributed to the Temple of Prosperine were found.
- Military barracks were built in 1890.
- A naval hospital for injured persons was built during World War I. This has now been converted to a state secondary school, named after Sir Temi Zammit.
- A chapel dedicated to St. Oswald was built by the British, during their occupation of the island.
- One of the most famous landmarks of Mtarfa is the clock, built in 1895.
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