Church of the Flight into Egypt | |
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Knisja tal-Ħarba lejn l-Eġittu | |
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35°53′26.1″N 14°30′30.3″E / 35.890583°N 14.508417°E | |
Location | Floriana |
Country | Malta |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
History | |
Status | Active |
Founder(s) | Manuel Pinto da Fonseca |
Dedication | Flight into Egypt |
Dedicated | 1752 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Church |
Architect(s) | Andrea Belli |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Baroque |
Completed | 1752 |
Specifications | |
Number of domes | 1 |
Number of spires | 2 |
Materials | Limestone |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Malta |
Clergy | |
Rector | Paul Attard |
The Church of the Flight into Egypt (Maltese: Il-kappella tal-Ħarba lejn l-Eġittu) is a Roman Catholic church located at the Valletta Waterfront in Floriana, Malta. The church was built in the 18th-century on the baroque design of Andrea Belli for spiritual service of the workers at the Pinto Stores. The church was hit by aerial bombardment in World War II in 1941 and it was then restored in 1989 but it remained unconsecrated. It was opened for church service again in 2006 together with the Valletta Waterfront. The current rector is Paul Attard.[1]