St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Valletta Malta GC

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Photo:
Andy Scott


The West Front
Independence Square

The simple pillars supporting the entablature over the portico are surmounted by Ionic capitals and the architrave with fascia contains and inscription of the benefactor in Latin:
QUEEN ADELAIDE WITH GRATEFUL HEART DEDICATED THIS COLLEGIATE CHURCH TO ALMIGHTY GOD 1844.
A horizontal cornice decorated with dentils is repeated on the raking cornice of the triangular pediment.