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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul (Maltese: Il-Katidral Metropolitan ta' San Pawl), commonly known as St Paul's Cathedral or the Mdina Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in Mdina, Malta, dedicated to St. Paul the Apostle. The cathedral was founded in the 12th century, and according to tradition it stands on the site where Roman governor ...
The Mdina Cathedral Museum is a religious art museum located inside the mediaeval walled city of Mdina, Malta. The museum is housed within a Baroque building that was built as a Jesuit seminary. It can be found on the right-hand side of the St. Paul's Cathedral, in Archbishop's Square. The museum's collection includes an eclectic secular and ...
St. Paul's Metropolitan Cathedral in Mdina; St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta; Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gozo. Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Victoria, Gozo
St. Paul's Cathedral Cathedral Museum. The following are a number of historic and monumental buildings around Mdina: [43] The city walls, including Mdina Gate, Greeks Gate and the Torre dello Standardo; St. Paul's Cathedral; St. Paul's Catacombs; Palazzo Vilhena (National Museum of Natural History) Palazzo Falson (Norman House) Palazzo Gatto Murina
Mdina: Metropolitan Cathedral Parish: St Paul: Northern Region: St Paul Square (Pjazza San Pawl) Roman Catholic: 29 June: St Paul's Cathedral, Mdina: Valletta: Co-Cathedral: St John the Baptist: South Eastern Region: St John Square (Pjazza San Ġwann) Roman Catholic: 24 June: Saint John's Co-Cathedral: Valletta: Pro-Cathedral: St Paul: South ...
From the late 17th to the 19th centuries, some marble columns and other remains from the temples of Apollo [23] and Proserpina, [24] and other buildings from Melite, were taken and sculpted into decorative elements for various houses and churches, including St. Paul's Cathedral in Mdina, St. Paul's Grotto in Rabat and the Franciscan Church of ...
In 1679, Gafà designed and oversaw the construction of the choir of St. Paul's Cathedral in Mdina, and he later designed the Bishop's Palace. The cathedral was partially destroyed a few years later during the 1693 Sicily earthquake, although the newly built choir remained intact. The old cathedral was dismantled, and between 1696 and 1705 a ...
Gafà's masterpiece is St. Paul's Cathedral in Mdina, which was rebuilt between 1696 and 1705 after the original medieval cathedral was damaged in the 1693 Sicily earthquake. Other notable Baroque churches designed by Gafà include the Church of St. Lawrence in Birgu (1681–97) and the Cathedral of the Assumption in Victoria, Gozo (1697–1711 ...