Friday, 21 February 2014

Amazing Baroque art of the St. John's Cathedral, Valletta

We were astonished when we entered this church. The columns and ceilings are completely decorated with gold leave art and paintings. What an amazing church. The floor of the church is a collection of shiny marble grave stones. These are the graves of the knights from Malta.

Next to the church itself, they have a large collection of art from many famous artists like Bernini, Michelangelo and Peter Paul Rubbens. The painting of the beheading of Saint John the Baptist was the most impressive.

We waren verbaasd toen we deze kerk binnen kwamen. De zuilen en plafonds zijn volledige versiert met bladgoud kunst en schilderwerken. Wat een fantastische kerk. De vloer is een verzameling van marmeren graven, de laatste rustplaatsen van Maltese ridders. 

Behalve de kerk zelf, hebben ze hier een ongelooflijke collectie kunst van beroemde artiesten zoals Bernini, Michelangelo en Peter Paul Rubbens. Het schilderij van de onthoofding van Johannes de Doper was het meest indrukwekkende. 
 
St Johns Cathedral Valleta

St Johns Cathedral Valleta

St Johns Cathedral Valleta

St Johns Cathedral Valleta

St Johns Cathedral Valleta

St Johns Cathedral Valleta

St Johns Cathedral Valleta

St Johns Cathedral Valleta

St Johns Cathedral Valleta

St Johns Cathedral Valleta

St Johns Cathedral Valleta

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12 comments:

  1. Cloudia21 February 2014 at 23:42

    A jewel box to be inside, Filip


    ALOHA from Honolulu
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    =^..^= <3

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  2. rainfield6122 February 2014 at 00:57

    So, it is so gorgeous inside.

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  3. Adam22 February 2014 at 05:09

    very lavish

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  4. Margaret D22 February 2014 at 06:31

    My, my how beautiful. To think that in the 1950/1960's there were no job and people came from Malta to Australia. Malta must have had money long ago when that beautiful church was built over time.

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  5. orvokki22 February 2014 at 07:21

    Amazing cathedral.
    In ancient times had the time and money (and know-how) to build and decorate so beautifully. I can not imagine that today this would be possible.
    Greetings

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  6. Anonymous22 February 2014 at 10:33

    Wat een prachtige kathedraal is dit, en die schilderingen zijn schitterend. Jullie foto's geven een fraaie indruk van al dat moois hoor.

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  7. fotorantje22 February 2014 at 10:55

    prachtige schilderingen, wat een rijkdom

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  8. stiefbeen22 February 2014 at 14:14

    Wat is dit geweldig mooi.

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  9. 21 Wits22 February 2014 at 18:58

    Such stunning beauty! Amazing detail as well.

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  10. diane b23 February 2014 at 14:19

    It is very intricate art and so much in one church.

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  11. Ela23 February 2014 at 15:07

    What a wonderful place !

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  12. Dietmut2 March 2014 at 17:15

    uit een rijke geschiedenis met al de gouden decoraties. Ik zou er wel willen kijken. Lieve groeten, Dietmut

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