On Maundy Thursday we were seeking to make a bit of culture (after we spent the Monday at the ice-cold Golden Bay on Tuesday during the power-shopping in Sliema) and therefore have Mosta and Rabat chosen us.
Mosta
Mosta is I think well known for the ham, but also for the dome (the largest in Malta) and the church that is kept in an egg shape is (The people then have eggs sold in order to build this cathedral. OnEnter we already felt the Easter spirit, because they have set fire to a cross.
But the interior is just wonderful .. in blue and they had issued the Easter processional figures .. indescribable ..
Rabat
Rabat is the city that surrounds Mdina, but also it has a few attractions. On our way to the Agatha's Catacombs were We tour the St. Paul's Grotto, where St. Paul is executed fled. This guide was free and short!
The St. Paul's Catacombs, which seems - as we read later - should have a healing effect, we have learned that if we have along the International Student ID NOT wish to be We save € 2.33. Since we wanted to anyway Agatha, we did that too.
St. Agatha was a virgin who has fled from Sicily to Malta and prayed together with St. Paul and then was tortured at home (her breasts were was cut) and eventually murdered. You pay for the catacombs € 2.50 (adult rate) and first attended a Museum (geology, skeletons, then a lot of stone products, and then the head of Jesus and other religious exhibits, but also a Allabaster statue of Agatha) and then you enter the catacombs . First we see wall paintings, where the Turks have scraped the faces ... then you look at his guide and sees a beautiful altar, .. yes, if you Mithat a torch! And then the catacombs: that was probably scary. It is like walking in the Hypogeum (as there is of course higher walls) along the corridors, past the bodies and anointing Graves and thus finds its way through the underground facilities. Truly a unique experience!!
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