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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/110399| Title: | Guide to the Church of St. John, Malta |
| Authors: | Cowper, G. W. |
| Keywords: | Church buildings -- Malta -- Valletta -- History St John’s Co-Cathedral (Valletta, Malta) Malta -- Description and travel Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc. |
| Issue Date: | 1895 |
| Publisher: | John Critien |
| Citation: | Cowper, G. W. (1895). Guide to the Church of St. John, Malta. Archive Pamphlets (Archv. Pamph. 13.7). University of Malta Library, Archives & Rare Books dept. |
| Abstract: | HISTORICAL SKETCH. As soon as the works of defence of the new city of Valletta had been sufficiently advanced, the Order of St. John decided to build a Conventual Church, to be dedicated to their patron Saint. Want of funds would have considerably delayed the erection; but the Grand Master, La Cassiere, undertook to build the Church at his own expense, and charged Girolamo Cassar (1) a Maltese Architect, with the plans. [Excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/110399 |
| Appears in Collections: | 1850-1899 - A&SCPam |
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| Guide_to_the_church_of_St._John_1895.pdf | 9.95 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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