Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel | |
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Santwarju Bażilika tal-Madonna tal-Karmnu | |
![]() The basilica's dome in 2015 | |
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35°54′0.7″N 14°30′44.2″E / 35.900194°N 14.512278°E | |
Location | Valletta, Malta |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Religious order | Carmelites |
History | |
Status | Minor basilica |
Founded | 1570 |
Dedication | Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
Consecrated | 6 April 1886 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Girolamo Cassar (first church) Giuseppe Bonavia (façade) Ġużè Damato (present church) |
Style | Neoclassical |
Years built | c. 1570–1591/1608 (first church) 1852 (façade) 1958–1981 (present church) |
Specifications | |
Number of domes | 1 |
Number of towers | 1 |
Materials | Limestone |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Malta |
Parish | Valletta (St Dominic) |
Clergy | |
Rector | Alex Scerri |
The Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Maltese: Santwarju Bażilika tal-Madonna tal-Karmnu) is a Carmelite Roman Catholic minor basilica dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, located in Valletta, Malta. It is one of the major churches of Valletta, and it forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site which includes the entire city. The present church was constructed between 1958 and 1981 on the site of a late 16th century church which was destroyed during World War II.
Pope Leo XIII granted a Pontifical decree of canonical coronation towards its venerated Marian image of Our Lady of Carmel on 19 June 1880 through the Vatican Chapter. The coronation took place on 15 July 1881.