The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul (Maltese: Il-Katidral Metropolitan ta’ San Pawl), commonly known as St Paul’s Cathedral or the Mdina Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in Mdina, Malta, dedicated to St. Paul the Apostle. The cathedral was founded in the 12th century, and according to tradition it stands on the site of where Roman governor Publius met St. Paul following his shipwreck on Malta. The original cathedral was severely damaged in the 1693 Sicily earthquake, so it was dismantled and rebuilt in the Baroque style to a design of the Maltese architect Lorenzo Gafà between 1696 and 1705. The cathedral is regarded as Gafà’s masterpiece.
The cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta, and since the 19th century this function has been shared with St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta.
A stunning cathedral – your photos are wonderful
Thank you, it is a beautiful Cathedral
Beautiful. I think Mdina is the area my family (that lived in Malta) settled
It is a lovely place with all its old buildings stil intact
Mdina looks a bit like Bath.
Look at all those honey coloured sand stones basking in warm Mediterranean
sun.
Mdina feels a lot older than Bath and it wasn’t anywhere near as busy.
This is a beautiful cathedral, I especially love the oculus dome (for lack of a better architectural term). GREAT shot, Cherie, that was tricky, I bet.
The only thing that gave me pause about the cathedral were the more modern chairs? I guess maybe because I was expecting pews. Maybe they’re more comfortable.
Back when the Cathedral was built there would have been no chairs in the nave of the church. Standing room only.
The pews came much later and now we have chairs…
This Cathedral is beautiful, I found St John’s Cathedral in Valletta to be over the top with its decoration. To me it felt more like the glory of man rather than a tribute to the glory of god.