ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH
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This was the order's first conventual church, before the construction of St. John's co-cathedral. It stands on the site of a church built in 1090, during the reign of Roger I of Sicily.
With the arrival of the Order of St. John in 1530, it was enlarged, but burned down two years later. When the knights settled in Valletta in 1571, it became the church of the Inquisitors.
The present 17th-century building was designed by Lorenzo Gafà.
Although the building suffered during the 1939-1945 war, it has been well restored. The façade features statues of St. Paul and St. Lorenzo, while the interior features paintings by Paladini. Above the altar is Mattia Preti'sMartyrdom of St. Lawrence, the largest painting he ever did. Saint Lawrence is celebrated on August 10.
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