Sacro Cuor
The parish church Sacro Cuor ( Maltese Knisja tal-Qalb Imqaddsa ta'Marija , English Sacro Cuor Parish Church ) is a Roman Catholic church building in Sliema , Malta at the Triq San Trofimu . It is registered under number 20 in the National Inventory of Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands .
history
By 1877 the population of Sliema had grown so much that Archbishop Carmelo Scicluna ordered the construction of another church to complement the existing Stella Maris Church . This new church was designed by the architect Giovanni Domenico Debonno and dedicated to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Maltese il-Madonna tas-Sacro Cuor ). The church was given to the Franciscans in 1881 . In 1918 it became the second parish church in Sliema. At the beginning of the 1930s, it was expanded under the direction of the architect Rafael Pitre from Valletta. A number of small domes were added to the side aisles and the roof of the central nave was renewed. The west side received a new facade based on the Baroque style, which is flanked by two bell towers.
literature
- L. Mahoney: 5000 Years of Architecture in Malta. Valletta Publishing, Malta 1996.
Web links
- Knisja tal-Qalb Imqaddsa ta'Marija / Sacro Cuor Parish Church. (PDF; 993 kB) In: National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands. Sovrintendenza tal-Patrimonju Kulturale, December 16, 2011, accessed on November 29, 2019 .
Coordinates: 35 ° 54 '38.6 " N , 14 ° 30' 2.9" E