Ending this week with a quick throwback to a walk through Dwejra, Gozo from a couple years back. I have made photos of this chapel before, but it still draws my eye every time I visit Dwejra. Perhaps it’s the location – the chapel sits almost alone in some lovely countryside (if one ignores the parking area, the droves of tourists, and the boathouses in … Continue reading Kappella ta’ Sant’ Anna
Starting this week with another photo from the epic Via Ferrata on the Stoderzinken mountain. This one, however, looks back towards our starting point at the Friedenskircherl, a tiny chapel on the side of the mountain. You can clearly see the chapel in this photo, with a few people enjoying the view from there. At this point we were a bit further up the mountain, … Continue reading Friedenskircherl am Stoderzinken
Today I’d like to share some rather special photos. As many of this blog’s readers will know, one of my lifetime projects involves the photography of the many chapels and small churches in Malta, particularly those in the countryside. Most of these have quite a history, and I believe it is important to cherish and maintain this aspect of our culture. While all of these … Continue reading San Anard
The photo I’m sharing today is another throwback from a climbing outing more than four years ago, in Wied il-Għasel. I have processed and shared photos of this iconic chapel before, but none in a vertical format. So in the last few weeks I found myself going through my archives re-discovering photos I had taken but which did not make the editing cut. Often enough, … Continue reading San Pawl Eremita
The past couple of weeks have proven to be particularly busy, so much that even finding the little time it takes to write up one of these blog posts proved impossible. This week promises to be the same, so I’m taking the opportunity as it presents itself to share another photo from a fairly recent walk near Rabat. I started the walk by the San … Continue reading San Andrija
A few weeks ago we met up with a couple of friends to visit their new home in Żabbar and to go for a walk in the neighbourhood. We headed out through country lanes towards the sea, eventually walking along the coastline for a bit before heading back inland. Along the way we passed by a countryside chapel, dedicated to San Niklaw, near the new … Continue reading San Niklaw
Fairly close to the San Blas chapel, and easily visited on the same walk, one can find another countryside chapel, dedicated to St James (in Maltese: San Ġakbu). While I had visited this chapel before, I wasn’t happy with the photos I had, so was intent on visiting this again. As things turned out, it was a good day for photography, though I may return … Continue reading San Ġakbu
Last weekend was a long one, with Friday being a public holiday (Jum il-Ħelsien). We spent the afternoon on a picnic with a couple of old friends who we hadn’t seen in a while, and it was most enjoyable. In the morning, as none of my usual climbing partners were available, I went for a walk between Rabat and Siġġiewi. The plan was to reroute … Continue reading San Blas
I thought I’d kick off this week with the interior photos from San Pawl Milqi, near Burmarrad. The chapel, which is normally closed to the public, is managed by Heritage Malta, and is traditionally associated with the arrival of St Paul to Malta. I had arranged a visit with Heritage Malta to photograph the chapel, and as luck would have it, the weather was really … Continue reading San Pawl Milqi
The walks I did in Gozo about a year ago turned out to be very productive. This was almost guaranteed by the simple fact that I had not done much walking in Gozo in decades before this, so everything seemed new and therefore exciting. As things turned out, though, we also lucked out on the weather front, which is always an important factor for landscape … Continue reading Madonna tad-Duluri
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of visiting the chapel and adjacent archaeological site at San Pawl Milqi, near Burmarrad. The site is managed by Heritage Malta, and is traditionally associated with the arrival of St Paul to Malta, or more specifically with his welcome by Publius, governor of the islands at that time. The site is normally closed to the public, and … Continue reading San Pawl Milqi
A rather unexpected find in the walk near Għasri in Gozo was the scene I’m sharing today. The cross, known as Tad-Dejma, refers to a mercenary force in the late middle ages, dedicated to protecting the islands in the event of an Ottoman raid. The cross itself marks a meeting point for local members, to assemble and prepare for battle, after a signal is raised. … Continue reading Salib tad-Dejma u Madonna tal-Patroċinju
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