St. John's Co-Cathedral Valletta

Som anbefalet tog vi til Sct John's Co-Cathedral i god tid inden den lukkede. Vi var der kl. 10. Udefra ser ser kirken ikke ud af noget som helst, der er et indgangs parti og et kirketårn på hver side, som så mange andre vi har set. Faktisk er det denne kirke som først havde 2 tårne her på Malta. Indeni er kirken et …

I love beautiful churches. I grew up in Sweden and there the churches are not as beautiful as they are in Catholic countries so when I was in Malta I googled which churches i could visit.

I came across this site of St John's Cathedral in Valletta and it looked beautiful. Usually things look nicer on websites than they do in real life but …

... a change I left the bike behind and tried out the leaflets. Good fun. I spent Monday morning in Valletta, admiring the architecture and visiting St John's Co Cathedral. Miriam, owner of the Hibernia, had listed it as one of the main sights in ...

... point during a five month siege by the Germans during WWII. I only went inside a couple but I was glad I did. The St John's Co-Cathedral is without doubt the most beautiful church I have been in and despite having to pay each time, I would ...

... Siege victory against the invading Turks, it features some fantastic architecture and one of the finest cathedrals in the world - St. John's Co-cathedral. We took a boat taxi ride around the Grand Harbour and had dinner out on the deck over looking the ...

... the succulent taste. I'd be back. I spent the next few hours wandering around the city, taking in the sites of St John's Co-Cathedral (but not the interior), views over Marsamxett Harbour from a number of different bastions around the city walls, the ...

... a bit of R&R here, we still seemed to do a lot of walking and sightseeing.  We visited Malta's grandest cathedral, St. John's Co-Cathedral.  It was beautiful and full of paintings of all things Catholic.  It is embellished with gold, ...

... _Hospitaller Valletta has churches everywhere, as to be expected of a town founded by a religious order, but the main church is St John's Co-Cathedral. This is one of the most ornate and beautiful churches I've seen, and I spent about an hour there. ...

... for both of those things tomorrow. So lets talk about the art, shall we? We spent the day in Valetta and visited St. John's Co-cathedral. It was beautiful and ornate and intricate. Much more overwhelming than even I expected. We got to see Caravaggio's ...

... to Valleta. BTW, the buses are about 40 years old but I hear they're going to be replaced.  I went to the St.John's Co-Cathedral (6E),built between 1572-1577. It is decorated in high Baroque style and every inch is covered in gold carvings and the ...

... was. Very old buildings had been restored with modern shops and restaurants. We found a great place to eat, right ouside St John's Co-Cathedral, with the garden all lit up, and a busker nearby playing some great music. We had traditional Maltese ...

... , education and legislation. Malta became a Republic in 1974 and a member state of the European Union in May 2004. St. John's Co Cathedral is unremarkable from the outside but incredibly ornate on the inside. Each of the different 'langues' (knights of a ...