Malta and its Knights!
Malta and its Knights!
Tuesday 20th - Thursday 22nd May 2008
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| 20:33:33 The view from my hotel room. | 11:41:05 Same in the morning... | 17:37:43 Guy destroying the pavement... |
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| 17:42:31 Modern looking hotel. It was situated right above a set of disco/pubs... I wonder about the clients at night... | 18:08:13 Malta does look a bit run down in some places... | 18:08:28 A nice castle-type-thing. |
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| 20:24:36 Sunset... | 21:16:20 Here is me watching the Champions League final in a pub. | 11:40:01 Riding a bus (note the open door). |
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| 11:40:31 There are a lot of these coaches for tourists. | 11:57:09 Some of the architecture is quite stunning. | 12:07:27 Look at these windows!! |
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| 12:16:58 Fountain in front of La Valletta. | 12:17:18 The main entrance of La Valletta, it looks a bit like Fascist architecture as we have in Italy. | 12:17:41 The walls of La Valletta. |
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| 12:19:03 On the main street there were a lot of nice looking houses. | 12:20:37 The building must have been property of some Italian judging from the plate there.. | 12:21:14 Main street at La Valletta. |
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| 12:22:31 A Church. | 12:23:35 Little closeup of this bit of the church. I loved the contrast with the blue sky... | 12:25:02 Entrance to some government building. |
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| 12:25:29 In Malta people take seriously the flag and the country! | 12:30:01 Side entrance of the St.John's Cathedral. | 12:30:29 Around the Cathedral. |
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| 12:40:19 The Cathedral is a splendid example of Baroque art. | 12:41:01 The Knights of Malta built the Cathedral and embellished it. This is the French chapel (dedicated to the French knights). | 12:44:54 There are also a lot of tombs belonging to the Grand Masters of the order of the knights of Malta. |
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| 12:45:19 Main nave, it's really stunning!!! | 12:46:07 On the floor there are a lot of tombs for the knights that died. | 12:47:30 More details, not the cross of Malta at the center of the pillars. |
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| 12:47:48 Ahhhhhh nice detail! | 12:50:38 The epitaph on a tomb. | 12:51:25 This is the Italian chapel, there is a painting from Caravaggio (top right) here! |
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| 12:51:52 More Italian chapel. | 12:53:04 One of the important Grand Masters. | 12:54:52 think it's an incense holder, made in silver. |
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| 12:55:03 The main altar. | 12:55:24 And again with some details of the background. | 12:56:48 More altar. |
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| 12:59:47 Yet another Grandmaster (Spanish one this time) | 13:02:21 Note that the tombs of the Grand Masters are extremely well made. | 13:08:42 A painted Cross. |
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| 13:23:09 More balcony action. | 13:24:35 The good part of this church is that there are a lot of symbols that have to do little with christianity... Look at the skull here! | 13:37:00 I loved this, it looks like Mexico! |
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| 13:37:16 Some veggies! | 14:29:04 Buses are especially nice in Malta! | 14:36:01 Inner bit. |
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| 14:36:14 And the bus in its splendor! |
