Following a series of squabbles over what to call the replica archway in Fleur-de-Lys, the Birkirkara and Santa Venera local councils have finally agreed on a name: the Aqueduct’s Arch (l-Ark tal-Akwidott).

Works have just started on building a €200,000 copy of the 1615 archway on the roundabout between St Joseph High Road and Mdina Road.

The original was knocked down in 1943 after a Royal Air Force breakdown lorry struck it.

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