St. John’s Co-Cathedral

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Baroque church Roman Catholic co-cathedral cultural heritage monument tourist attraction

St. John’s Co-Cathedral is a richly decorated 16th-century Baroque Roman Catholic church in Valletta, Malta, renowned for its ornate interior and its collection of artworks including Caravaggio’s masterpieces.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
St. John’s Co-Cathedral canonical	2
St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta	1
St. John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta	1
St. John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque church ⓘ Roman Catholic co-cathedral ⓘ cultural heritage monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architect	Girolamo Cassar ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Baroque ⓘ surface form: Baroque architecture
belongsToOrderTradition	Order of Saint John ⓘ surface form: Order of Malta
coCathedralOf	Archdiocese of Malta ⓘ
constructionEnd	1577 ⓘ
constructionStart	1572 ⓘ
country	Malta ⓘ
dedicatedTo	John the Baptist ⓘ surface form: Saint John the Baptist
denomination	Latin Church ⓘ
floorPlanType	basilica plan ⓘ
foundedBy	Grand Master Jean de la Cassière ⓘ
function	concert venue ⓘ place of worship ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
governingBody	St. John’s Co-Cathedral self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: St. John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation
hasArtworkBy	Caravaggio ⓘ Fra Filippo Paladini ⓘ Mattia Preti ⓘ
hasFeature	crypt containing tombs of Grand Masters ⓘ large dome ⓘ marble inlaid tombstones on the floor ⓘ organ ⓘ ornate gilded stone carvings ⓘ painted vaulted ceiling ⓘ richly decorated interior ⓘ side chapels for different langues of the Order ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade 1 national monument of Malta ⓘ
interiorStyle	High Baroque ⓘ
locatedIn	Republic Street, Valletta ⓘ
locatedInCity	Valletta ⓘ
locatedInHistoricArea	Valletta ⓘ surface form: Valletta UNESCO World Heritage Site
material	limestone ⓘ
notableFor	Caravaggio masterpieces ⓘ collection of Baroque art ⓘ elaborate Baroque interior decoration ⓘ ornate marble floor ⓘ
notableWorkContained	Saint Jerome Writing ⓘ Beheading of John the Baptist ⓘ surface form: The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist ceiling paintings by Mattia Preti ⓘ
numberOfBellTowers	2 ⓘ
originallyBuiltFor	Knights Hospitaller ⓘ Order of Saint John ⓘ surface form: Order of St. John
region	Mediterranean ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rite	Roman Rite ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Valletta → hasLandmark → St. John’s Co-Cathedral ⓘ

Knights Hospitaller architecture → hasNotableExample → St. John’s Co-Cathedral ⓘ

this entity surface form: St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta

Jean Parisot de Valette → burialPlace → St. John’s Co-Cathedral ⓘ

St. John’s Co-Cathedral → governingBody → St. John’s Co-Cathedral self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation

Ralph Abercromby → burialPlace → St. John’s Co-Cathedral ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta