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Mosta Dome

Mosta Dome. The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, commonly known as the Rotunda of Mosta or Rotunda of St Marija Assunta (sometimes shortened to as The Mosta Dome) is a Roman Catholic church in Mosta, Malta. It is the fourth largest unsupported dome in the world and the third largest in Europe.

 

Built in the 19th century on the site of a previous church, it was designed by the Maltese architect Giorgio Grognet de Vassé. Its dome is among the largest in the world, with an internal diameter of 37.2 metres (122 ft).The rotunda walls are nearly 9.1 metres (30 ft) thick The rotunda dome is the third-largest church dome in Europe and the ninth largest in the world.

 

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Uploaded on August 27, 2012
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