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7 creative works found

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  St Mary's Church, Market Square, Cracow
  by M G Pettett

  This church lies in one corner of the Rynek Glowny (Market Square) in the centre of Cracow, Poland. It dates from the second half of the fourteenth century, is now a minor basilica, and contains some beautiful carvings by Veit Stoss (Wit Stwosz).

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  Fort St. Angelo at night
  by M G Pettett

  This fort lies at the end of the city of Birgu (Vittoriosa) on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean. It was the chief defensive military edifice of the Order of St. John before the Great Siege (1565). Interestingly enough it was not defended during the major battle because the Grand Master (La Valette) decided that it would not provide a good example to the local inhabitants if the knights were relatively safely esconced in this fort while the locals were left to defend themselves as best they could. It later became a major British naval HQ and suffered more than 50 direct hits during the last war; great mirth ensued when it was reported by the enemy that HMS St. Angelo had been sunk. Apologies if any of the above is incorrect – I am relying on memories of a conducted tour more than 30 years ago! Please feel free to let me know and I will correct them.

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  Dusk at Malta Freeport
  by M G Pettett

  Turning around a container ship at the Freeport in the south eastern part of the island. HDR.

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  Dingli parvis
  by M G Pettett

  The parvis of the little church at Dingli, a small rural village near the western coast of the island of Malta. An HDR picture taken on a rainy November evening.

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  St. Nicholas Square, Siġġiewi, Malta.
  by M G Pettett

  This square contains the imposing baroque church dedicated to the same saint, and finished in 1693, while the statue of this saint, St. Nicholas of Bari, was finished in 1732. Taken on a January night in Siġġiewi, Malta, Maltese archipelago. Pentax K10D.

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  Auberge de Castille
  by M G Pettett

  When the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta constructed Valletta (the capital of Malta) in the 16th century, they built these edifices in order to house those knights with no homes of their own in Malta, and to put up visiting dignitaries in the style to which they were accustomed. Almost every langue of the order had its own auberge, and the knights of each one were entrusted with the defence of a particular section of the bastions which surround the city. This auberge housed the knights of Castille, Leon and Portugal, was finished in 1574 and remodelled in the 18th century. It next served as the headquarters first of the French military, then of the British army in Malta, and today is the office of the Prime Minister. Fujifilm F50fd.

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  St. James Cavalier
  by M G Pettett

  One of the defensive fortifications of the bastions surrounding Valletta, the capital of Malta. Now converted into an exhibition centre and to other functions. Fujifilm F50fd.