Traditional Maltese food for the Lenten period includes " "'qag'aq tal-Appostli " "'( Apostles'Rings ), which are circular loaves of unleavened bread studded with roasted almonds and sprinkled with sesame seeds, and honey cakes known as " "'kware | imal " "'( the name refers to the " quadragesima ", or 40 days of Lent ).
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As a " Vicus ", Turicum was not secured by town walls, but the buildings grouped around the customs station ( " Quadragesima Galliarum " ) where the clearance of goods and travelers prior to transfer between the provinces of " Gallia Belgica " and " Raetia " took place, mainly on the water route ( from and to the Roman heartland over the mountain passes of the Swiss Alps ) Walensee-Obersee-Z�richsee passing " Centum Prata " ( Kempraten ) towards the Limmat, Aare and Rhine.
