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Title: Remodelling church facades : two case studies from Malta
Other Titles: La città Palinsesto : tracce, sguardi e narrazioni sulla complessità dei contesti urbani storici - vol.1 memorie, storie, immagini
Authors: Thake, Conrad
Sagona, Mark
Keywords: Church architecture -- Remodeling -- Malta -- Case studies
Facades -- Remodeling -- Malta
Carapecchia, Romano, 1668-1738
Architects -- Italy -- Biography
Malta -- History -- Knights of Malta, 1530-1798
Malta -- History -- 18th century
Order of St John
Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria, d'Italia (Valletta, Malta)
Architecture -- Malta -- History -- 18th century
Sciortino, Francis Xavier, 1875-1958
Architects -- Malta -- Biography
Collegiate Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul (Nadur, Malta)
Architecture -- Malta -- History -- 19th century
Falzon, Paolo, 1885-1971
Sculptors -- Malta -- Biography
Catholic church buildings -- Malta
Issue Date: 2020
Publisher: FedOA - Federico II University Press
Citation: Thake, C., & Sagona, M. (2020). Remodelling church facades : two case studies from Malta. In F. Capano, & M. Visone (Eds.), La città Palinsesto: tracce, sguardi e narrazioni sulla complessità dei contesti urbani storici - vol.1 Memorie, storie, immagini. (pp. 1477-1483). Napoli: FedOA - Federico II University Press.
Abstract: Malta presents various cases of urban restructuring from different periods. A country with a strong Roman Catholic society, churches played an indispensable role in the formation of urban space. This paper analyses the works of two architects, one Italian and one Maltese, who remodelled the facades of existing churches: Romano Carapecchia (1668-1738), resident military engineer of the Order, restructured the church of St Catherine of Italy, Valletta in 1713, while Francesco Saverio Sciortino (1875-1958) remodelled the church of SS Peter and Paul at Nadur, Gozo (1907-15).
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/121773
ISBN: 9788899930066
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