Romano Carapecchia
Videos
Romano Fortunato Carapecchia was an Italian Baroque architect who was active in Rome, Malta and Sicily. His designs helped transform Malta's capital Valletta into a Baroque city in the first few decad
Church of San Giovanni Calibita, one of Carapecchia's early works in Rome
Church of St Catherine of Italy in Valletta
Manoel Theatre in Valletta
Ramon Perellós
Videos
Ramon Rabasa de Perellós y Rocafull was a Spanish knight from the Crown of Aragon who served as the 64th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta from 1697 until his death. He was of Valencian or
Romano Carapecchia
…catafalque for Pope Alexander VIII in collaboration with Mattia de Rossi. On 27 November 1706, Pope Clement XI sent a breve pontificio to Grand Master Ramón Perellós in which he praised the work of Carapecchia. In 1707 the latter left Rome and he settled in Valletta, the capital of Hospitaller Malta which was ruled…
Raimondo Perellos y Roccafull
Letter from Tsar Peter I to Grand Master Perellos, 1697
Villa Perellos in Paola, Malta
Coat of arms of Perellós at the Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta