The French set up the Liberty Pole in Birgu Square
1798
10 August 1798
10/08/1798
During the French occupation of Malta, the French army erected a Liberty Pole on 10 August 1798, the day of the feast of St Lawrence.
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10 August 1798
The French set up the Liberty Pole in Birgu Square
On 10 August 1798, the day of the feast of St Lawrence, the patron saint of the city of Vittoriosa, the French set up the Liberty Pole in Vittoriosa Square. As a result, that year the procession with the statue of St Lawrence was not held.
