Jesuit Church (Valletta)
The Church of the Circumcision of Our Lord , known as the Jesuit Church , is one of the oldest and largest churches in Valletta on the island of Malta . She's in the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands listed under number 577 and is available since 2008 as a Grade 1 building under monument protection .
It was built between November 1593 and 1600 by the Jesuit order next to the building of the older University of Malta , in which the Jesuit college Collegium Melitense was first housed. The church was renovated in Baroque style by Francesco Buonamici after an explosion in 1634 largely destroyed this part of Valletta. When the Jesuits were expelled from Malta by the Grand Master of the Order of Malta Manuel Pinto de Fonseca in 1768, the building became the property of the Knights of Malta and continued to be used by them as a church. The University of Malta was re-established in 1769.
The interior of the church is structured in a Doric order . Like many Jesuit churches, the floor plan follows the Il Gesù church in Rome. The early baroque facade appears incomplete.
literature
- Stanley Fiorini: The Collegium Melitense and the Universitas Studiorum to 1798 . In: RG Sultana (ed.): Yesterday's Schools: Readings in Maltese Educational History . Xirocco Publishing, 2017, ISBN 978-99957-1178-8 (English, online [PDF; 3.7 MB ; accessed on April 15, 2020]).
Web links
- Knisja tal-Ġeżwiti / Jesiut Church. (PDF; 457 kB) In: National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands. Sovrintendenza tal-Patrimonju Kulturale, August 27, 2012, accessed on April 16, 2020 (English).
Coordinates: 35 ° 53 '54.2 " N , 14 ° 30' 54.7" E