The Wignacourt Arch known as the Fleur-De-Lys Gate (Maltese: L-Arkata ta' Wignacourt magħrufa bħala l-Bieb ta' Fleur-De-Lys) is an ornamental arch located...
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fortifications (the Wignacourt towers), and of the Wignacourt Aqueduct that brought water from the plateau above Rabat to Valletta. The Wignacourt Arch was built...
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Master Alof de Wignacourt, who partially financed its construction. The aqueduct remained in use until the 20th century. Most of its arches still survive...
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1610 to 1615 Wignacourt Arch, an archway within the aqueduct Wignacourt Museum, a museum in Rabat, Malta named after Alof de Wignacourt This page lists...
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Manoel (2009) Chapel of St Roche on St Michael's Counterguard (2014) Wignacourt Arch (2015) Plans are also being made for reconstructing the Birgu Clock...
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consecrated in 2005. In 1610, Grandmaster Alof de Wignacourt financed the building of the Wignacourt Aqueduct to transport water from springs in Rabat...
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Fleur-de-Lys, Malta (section Wignacourt Aqueduct)
aqueduct was finished in 1615, and an ornamental gateway known as the Wignacourt Arch (or Fleur-de-Lys Gate) was built where it crossed the road. This had...
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triumphal arches. Since the Renaissance period, rulers and states have sought to glorify themselves or commemorate victories by erecting triumphal arches on...
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construction of the Wignacourt Aqueduct, a project which was completed on 21 April 1615. The aqueduct's decorative elements, namely the Wignacourt Arch, three water...
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Lavra (17th–18th century) Bontadino de Bontadini – Wignacourt Aqueduct (1612–1615) and Wignacourt Arch Francesco Bounamici – Church of the Jesuits, Valletta...
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