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This graceful 15th-century church dedicated to St Mary of the Open Well now stands too close for comfort to the runways of Malta’s international airport. Inside are the faded remnants of 17th-century murals.
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The pink, frilly domes of this Baroque church, also called the Żabbar Sanctuary, dominate the town’s traffic-blighted old centre. A museum contains sailors’ ex-votos.
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This dainty octagonal chapel is usually closed, but through a window you may spot a cannon ball said to date from the Great Siege (1565).
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Giuseppe D’Amato’s modern church overlooks Paola’s dreary suburban sprawl. D’Amato was also architect of the huge church in Xewkija, Gozo.
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Knights and Maltese celebrated the end of the Great Siege here in 1565. Lorenzo Gafa designed the present church in 1681. It was carefully restored after virtual destruction during World War II.
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Lorenzo Gafa designed this elegant Baroque cathedral, with its wonderful trompe l’oeil dome.
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Officially Our Lady of the Assumption, this was built from 1833 to 1871. The dome is the third largest in Europe (or perhaps fourth; see Xewkija Church ).
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Built in 1436, this simple whitewashed structure, topped with a shallow dome and belltower, is one of the oldest surviving churches in Malta.
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Set back from Santa Marija Bay, this winsome little church dates from the 13th century. The simple whitewashed building is topped with three hooped bells and surrounded by a grove of tamarisk trees. Mass is said twice a week.
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This august 17th-century parish church sits serenely at the centre of a confusing maze of narrow streets.
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