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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/116479| Title: | An architectural appraisal of Our Lady of Victory Church, Valletta |
| Other Titles: | The first church of Valletta, Our Lady of Victory |
| Authors: | Thake, Conrad |
| Keywords: | Church of Our Lady of Victories (Valletta, Malta) Malta -- History -- Knights of Malta, 1530-1798 Architecture -- Malta -- Valletta -- History -- 16th century La Valette, Jean Parisot, 1494-1568 Perellos y Rocafull, Ramon, 1637-1720 Knights of Malta. Grand Masters Order of St John. Grand Masters Laparelli da Cortona, Francesco, 1521-1570 Cassar, Girolamo, 1530-1592 Zerafa, Francesco, 1679-1758 Chapel of Our Lady of Liesse (Valletta, Malta) Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Malta -- History -- 16th century Gesamtkunstwerk (Arts) -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2023 |
| Publisher: | Din l-Art Ħelwa |
| Citation: | Thake, C. (2023). An architectural appraisal of Our Lady of Victory church, Valletta. In P. Caruana Dingli (Ed.), The First Church of Valletta, Our Lady of Victory (pp. 65-80). Malta: Din l-Art Ħelwa. |
| Abstract: | The church of ‘Our Lady of Victory’ was one of the first buildings that the knights constructed in Valletta, the new city of the Order. Grandmaster Jean Parisot de Valette (1557–68) decreed that a church dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin was to be constructed to commemorate the Great Siege victory over the Ottomans. It was widely believed that it was due to the divine intercession of the Blessed Virgin that the siege had ended. The appellative ‘Our Lady of Victory’ transpired into the feast day that was celebrated annually on the 8th September to commemorate the island’s victory over the Turks. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/116479 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtHa |
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