The Basilica of Ta' Pinu in Gozo is credited to Andrea Vassallo in the infobox, while the text names no architect. Monsignor Ġużepp Portelli, the rector, initiated the works. Groundbreaking was on May 30, 1920, and it was consecrated on August 31, 1932. The infobox lists neo-Romanesque and the text says neo-romantic.
The church is 161 feet (49 m) long and 121 feet (37 m) wide, with a nave 46 feet (14 m) wide and a bell tower 200 feet (61 m) tall. It has six mosaics and 76 colored windows.
The site was first recorded as a chapel of the Gentile family. In 1575 a visitor ordered its demolition, but work stopped after a workman broke his arm, and it was the only chapel on the island to survive the order. Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass here in 1990. The article gives no hours.
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