Mosta Dome / Rotunda ... A bomb dropped through the roof and didn't explode.
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- Today we are going to walk (in)to Mosta Dome / Rotunda.
The Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady (Maltese: Bażilika ta' Santa Marija), commonly known as the Rotunda of Mosta (Maltese: Ir-Rotunda tal-Mosta) or the Mosta Dome, is a Roman Catholic parish church and Minor Basilica in Mosta, Malta, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. It was built between 1833 and the 1860s to neoclassical designs of Giorgio Grognet de Vassé, on the site of an earlier Renaissance church which had been built in around 1614 to designs of Tommaso Dingli.
The design of the present church is based on the Pantheon in Rome, and at one point had the third largest unsupported dome in the world. The church narrowly avoided destruction during World War II, since on 9 April 1942 a German aerial bomb pierced the dome and fell into the church during Mass but failed to explode. This event was interpreted by the Maltese as a miracle. For more information about this watch the video from 19:45
Content / Itinerary:
0:00 - Intro/Map
0:45 - A short walk to Dome of Mosta.
6:00 - Arrival to the dome.
8:52 - Steps to the rooftop.
10:05 - The windy roof.
10:45 - Internal Design from the roof
13:58 - Leaving the roof
15:56 - Entering the Basilica
18:54 - History room
19:45 - The story about the bomb which hit the Mosta dome but failed to explode.
21:22 - Before a mass - Walking around the Basilica of Mosta.
24:15 - Mass
27:07 - The entrance of the World War Shelter
Buses which stops in front of the Mosta Dome:
From Valletta: 31,41,42,44,45,48,238,260
From Bugibba: 31,48,186,203, 238,280
From Mgarr: 44, 238
From Sliema: 203,
From Cirkewwa,Mellieha: 41,42
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Mosta Dome Ticket Prices (2019 aug.):
- Basic ticket: 2 eur - (Visiting the basilica)
- Pack ticket: 3 eur - (Visiting the basilica + WW2 Shelter)
- Full Pack ticket: 5 eur - (Visiting the basilica + WW2 Shelter + Rooftop)
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Lovely video and place .
Glad you enjoyed it
I visited the Mosta Rotunda over forty years ago while on holiday with my family at thirteen it was and still is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen thank you for letting me relive my memories of it it is as beautiful as I remember
Thanks for sharing! It is always good to read that a video brought back memories.
Thank you sooo much for showing myself this beautiful church. My Dad ( Camelo Grima) told me about the bomb some 55 years + ago. Was always a wish to visit here and Dads home country ... but alas I will never achieve my dream. Thank you so much 🙏😔💕😔🙏
Dear Paul,
Thank you for sharing this story... Hope you will achieve your dream.
I am not a Catholic, so forgive what may be an ignorant question, but during the Mass I see tourists in shorts wandering about, and members of the female congregation who do not have their heads covered. Have the rules changed?
I am a catholic but I never heard that the women have to cover their head. As a foreigner I don't really know how was this particular rule in the past here in Malta. Most probably you are right.
Walking in a church in shorts, that might be a bit inappropriate however we cannot really expect that if it is 40 degrees outside you walk in with long trousers.