Ten years since the completion of the restoration works which returned Palazzo de Piro, in Mdina to its original splendour, the imposing building is looking for
In the medieval and early modern periods in Europe, November was the month when the living recalled in particular the needs of the dead. Traditionally, this mon
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The Dominican community of Valletta is this year marking the 800th anniversary of the death of St Dominic and the 450th anniversary of the founding of the first
Noel Muscat, OFM, details how the Franciscan Friars Minor received a plot of land in Valletta on May 18, 1571 on which they built the Santa Maria di Gesù church, better known as Ta’ Ġieżu
The crucifix during restoration works led by Fr Charles Vella in 2019.
On May 18, 1571, the Franciscan Friars Minor, at the time known as the Friars Minor of the Regular Observance, received a plot of land from Grand Master Pietro Del Monte close to Porta del Monte (today’s Victoria Gate), in Valletta, on which they were to build their second church and friary in Malta after the church and friary of Santa Maria di Gesù, in Rabat, where they settled in 1500 after lengthy preparations going back to 1482.