During autumn last year, as the weather became more amenable to photography, I made an effort to progress on my long-term chapels project. On one of these outings, with R, we headed out to Rabat to photograph one of the chapels in the countryside there. I had already scoped out the area using maps and satellite imagery, so I had an idea of what times … Continue reading Twelid tal-Verġni Marija
I’m starting off 2022 on this blog by wishing my readers a happy and healthy new year, and sharing an accidental photo I took a few weeks ago. Accidental in the sense that I had no plan to shoot this chapel on that occasion, and I only chanced to be there at the right time, which I took advantage of. I was on my way … Continue reading San Pawl tal-Qlejgħa
This week’s throwback post takes us back to late winter this year, and a walk starting from the cliffs at Dingli and heading down through Fawwara. I already shared photos of the other chapel in the small hamlet of Fawwara. This one, too, proves to be rather tricky to photograph due to the very limited viewpoints. Those who are interested will find details about this … Continue reading Lunzjata
For this week’s throwback I’m starting with photos from another walk I did last winter, in the countryside around Fawwara and Girgenti, in the outskirts of Siġġiewi. The high point of the walk was a steep hill, at the top of which there’s the Laferla Cross and the nearby chapel of the Annunciation (Lunzjata in Maltese). The cross is a well-known landmark in the area, … Continue reading Lunzjata and Laferla Cross
The walk I mentioned last week took me along the cliffs at Dingli, from where I headed inland to walk through the hamlets to the north west of Dingli. In one of these hamlets, known as Ta’ Santa Katerina, there is the eponymous chapel, which is still in regular use. Reading up on the chapel I found that it has been rebuilt more than once, … Continue reading Santa Katerina
The photo I’m sharing today was taken on the same day as last week’s photo. On my way to the cliffs, where I’d start my walk, I also stopped by this chapel in Dingli. Like last week’s chapel, this too I have passed by often, on my way back from Dingli, as it sits just by the side of the road. I knew that a … Continue reading Santa Domenika
One evening last weekend I headed out to Rabat to revisit a very old chapel that I wanted to photograph. This particular chapel has been on my list for a while, but I knew that it would be a tricky one to work with, and possibly even to find, so I kept putting this off. As things worked out, the week before I had driven … Continue reading San Mikiel is-Sanċir
Continuing where I left off last week, the photo I’m sharing today shows another chapel in Lija, dedicated to St Peter. This chapel sits very close to the new parish church (and the old one too, for that matter). The adjacent building, now connected to the chapel, belongs to the Dominican Sisters, who now manage a home for the elderly at the site. The chapel … Continue reading San Pietru
This week’s throwback photo is another one from my chapels and small churches series, this time from what I consider to be my home village of Lija. Well, not sure this really qualifies as a ‘small’ church, but it is old and largely unused, and after all the whole categorization is rather arbitrary. This church used to be the parish church before the new one … Continue reading Knisja l-Qadima tas-Salvatur
I’m continuing this throwback series with another chapel photo from my ongoing project, this time from a walk along Wied Qirda and Wied Ħanżir last winter. It wasn’t the first time I walked this way, so I knew about the chapel but had not photographed it before. So this time I took appropriate photography gear with me. The chapel, dedicated to the Visitation of Our … Continue reading Knisja tal-Viżitazzjoni
I meant to write this blog post earlier today, sharing a second photo from my walk down to Lija on the day of the village feast. After shooting the photo of the parish church itself at dusk, as the decorative lights were switched on, I packed up my gear and headed back out. A short distance from the church sits this belvedere tower, a well-known … Continue reading Lija Belvedere at Dusk
A couple weeks ago I mentioned how last week there would be the Lija village feast. While I don’t technically live there any more, I still consider Lija to be “my” village as I have so many memories there. And in any case, we live close enough that the village feast would be impossible to avoid. In pre-covid times, that is, of course. When the … Continue reading Lija Parish Church Feast Day
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