The Building of Malta During the Period of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem: 1530-1795

17th century aisle Angelo apse arches architecture architrave Attard auberge d'Aragon balcony Baroque barrel vault bastions bell-cot Birgu Birkirkara Bosio Braun building built Calleja carved Cathedral Catherine central centre centrepiece chapel church of St Conventual church corner cornice courtyard decoration defences designed Dingli Discorso dome doorway Doric drum eighteenth century Elmo entablature examples façade feet floor plan Floriana Fort St fortifications front Gerolamo Cassar Gozo Grand Master ground floor island Italian Italy Knights langue Laparelli later Lija Lorenzo Gafà Magisterial palace main door Malta Maltese Maltese architect Maltese churches Mannerist Mdina Melitan military engineer mouldings nave Palazzo panels parish church pediment pilasters plain Qormi Qrendi Rabat rebuilt rectangular Rhodes ribs Rome roof rooms Sammut Scicluna Senglea Sicily side Siggiewi sixteenth century staircase stone storey Street superimposed orders towers transepts Turkish Valletta Verdala palace Vilhena Vittoriosa wall Wignacourt Zabbar Zammit Zebbug Zejtun Zerafa