The external main frontage of the Church of St Mary - known as the Rotunda or Mosta Dome, Mosta, Island of Malta

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Mosta Malta Island Islands Mediterranean town “church of St Mary” Saint Rotunda “Mosta dome” “Europe’s third largest unsupported dome” [37m thirty seven metres wide] classical design dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and built between the 1830s and 1860s, the Rotunda was designed by Maltese architect Giorgio de Vasse. In a rather revolutionary move, the church was built over and around the existing one, which was then demolished.

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Size: 3342px × 5050px
Location: Mosta, Malta, Island of Malta, Mediterranean
Photo credit: © Christopher Woodhouse / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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