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St. Agatha's Tower is a former Knight's stronghold located in the north west of Malta. The seventeenth-century tower served as a military base during both World Wars and was used as a radar station by the Maltese army. [23] St. Agatha is also commemorated in literature.
View of the facade and dome of the Badia, on the right of the photo is a portion of Catania Cathedral. Badia di Sant'Agata or Abbey of St Agatha refers to an 18th-century Roman Catholic church and attached female convent located on Via Vittorio Emanuele #182 in the center of Catania, region of Sicily, Southern Italy.
Portrait of a Young Woman as Saint Agatha is a painting by the Venetian artist Giovanni Cariani, created between 1516 and 1517, and is currently on display in the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh.
The fresco in the apse shows the Glory of St Agatha, made by Paolo Gismondi in the 17th century. A cherub bring the severed breasts of Agatha on a platter to the Virgin as a demonstration of her sacrifice. There is a 12th- or 13th-century canopy above the altar, reassembled and erected here in 1933.
Also notable is the Chapel of St. Agatha. The apse dates back to the original 12th-century construction: it features a medieval mullioned window and a late-16th-century choir by the Neapolitan artist Scipione di Guido. At the end of the north transept is the Chapel of the Holy Crucifix, by Domenico Mazzola (1577).
St. Lucy and St. Agatha are often depicted carrying the symbols of their martyrdom around on small dinner plates, a pair of poked-out eyeballs in Lucy’s case, a set of severed breasts in Agatha ...
A placard at the entrance to the prison explains that she stood here, before pushed into her prison cell. The crypt-like putative prison-cell houses a marble statue of a triumphant and healed Agatha. The main altarpiece is a depiction of the Martyrdom of Saint Agatha by “Bernardino Niger grecus” (1588).
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