St. John's Co-Cathedral Time-Date-Day Clock - Valletta, Malta
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N 35° 53.844 E 014° 30.744
33S E 455996 N 3972678
St. John's Co-Cathedral Time-Date-Day Clock is located on the south side of the cathedral in St. John's Square, Valletta, Malta.
Waymark Code: WMV26D
Location: Malta
Date Posted: 02/11/2017
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St. John's Co-Cathedral Time-Date-Day-Clock has several unusual features. Below a balcony from which a newly selected Grand Master would be announced to the Knights and the people of the town is a large single-hand clock. Lower and to the left is a dial which indicates the date in Arabic numbers. Lower and to the right is a dial that indicates the day of the week of the week in Latin abbreviations.
Saint John's Co-Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in the middle of Valletta, Malta. It was commissioned by Grand Master Jean de la Cassière as the Conventual Church of Saint John for worship by the Knights of the Order of St. John. The Co-cathedral was built of limestone in the Mannerism style by the between 1572 and 1577. It was designed by the Maltese architect Girolamo Cassar.
The tower also has on top a group if three bells. The two smaller bells at the bottom ring together. Above and slightly in front of this pair of bells is a larger bell. Below in an arched opening is the largest bell which weighs 7000 kg (15400 lbs).