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Mdina side of Main Gate 35°53′05″N 14°24′13″E / 35.884808°N 14.403482°E / 35.884808; 14.403482 ( Relief of St Paul, St Agatha and St 02207
The Mdina stele attests to Malta's Phoenician past. The plateau on which Mdina is built has been inhabited since prehistory, and by the Bronze Age it was a place of refuge since it was naturally defensible. [8] The Phoenicians established a colony at the site, known as Ann after their name for the island, [9] [10] [11] around the 8th century BC ...
The interior is enriched with baroque sculpture and paintings by notable artists such as Mattia Preti, Stefano Erardi, Michele Bellanti and Giuseppe Calì.The ornately carved and gilded wooden frame around the titular painting is the work of Pietro Paolo Troisi, and the processional statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel the work of Maltese sculptor Andrea Imbroll.
The Torre dello Standardo (English: Tower of the Standard, Maltese: It-Torri tal-Istandard) is a tower in Mdina, Malta, forming part of the city's fortifications.It was built by the Order of St. John between 1725 and 1726, on the site of an earlier tower, and its purpose was to communicate signals between Mdina and the rest of Malta.
The cathedral's dome and belfries dominate the skyline of Mdina Dome and bastions St. Paul's Cathedral is built in the Baroque style , with some influences from native Maltese architecture. [ 7 ] The main façade is in St. Paul's Square ( Maltese : Pjazza San Pawl or Misraħ San Pawl ), and it is set on a low parvis approached by three steps.
The Archbishop's Palace (Maltese: Il-Palazz tal-Arċisqof), known prior to 1944 as the Bishop's Palace (Maltese: Il-Palazz tal-Isqof), [a] is a palatial building in Mdina, Malta which is a residence of the Archbishop of Malta. It was constructed in the early 18th century, and it is located close to St Paul's Cathedral and the Mdina Cathedral ...
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Vilhena Palace (Maltese: Il-Palazz De Vilhena; Italian: Palazzo Vilhena), also known as the Magisterial Palace (Maltese: Palazz Maġisterjali) and Palazzo Pretorio, is a French Baroque palace in Mdina, Malta. It is named after António Manoel de Vilhena, the Grand Master who commissioned it.