Church of St.Leonard, Ta' Barqat, Malta, December 2016

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1. The History
Info is a bit few and far between on this place. After a bit of digging I found out that just outside of Ta’ Barqat is the Church of St.Leonard, dedicated to Our Lady. It was part of a lovely complex built by the Baroness Casici Casolani. It was originally intended to be used as a convent but was never utilised so. In 1656 it was rebuilt by the cleric Leonard Sammut and dedicated to his namesake saint. Later additions were made including the sandstone wall and gates that surround a garden in 1905. The garden was recently taken over by a local farmer and levelled for arable use while the chapel and the rest of the buildings have been left to tumble down. Here are a few archive pictures I found. This is an overview of the complex:

31180574264_c9017ac027_b.jpgStleo1 by HughieDW, on Flickr

This is the Titular in situ in 1961, before being moved to the local Parish Museum:

31180575674_938b0ea3d3_b.jpgstleo3 by HughieDW, on Flickr

And this is where the Titular sat before it was moved:

31873032602_4bf0fa94ee_b.jpgStleo2 by HughieDW, on Flickr

2. The Explore
The complex, as mentioned above, isn’t strictly abandoned as it is in use by the local farmer. While the ruins looked very tempting the compound was surrounded by roads on three sides so in the end decided not to check out Maltese trespass laws and the temperament of local farmers. Decided to do a report despite the lack of internals given the weather was nice and there were a lot of nice external features.

3. The Photos

31646914060_6ee95d9069_b.jpgimg9565 by HughieDW, on Flickr

31646885340_351fb2528e_b.jpgimg9554 by HughieDW, on Flickr

31180923324_8d8e3b4368_b.jpgimg9555 by HughieDW, on Flickr

31211763243_fc9849d100_b.jpgimg9556 by HughieDW, on Flickr

31904447181_f6398a96ac_b.jpgimg9557 by HughieDW, on Flickr

31180783754_b5ace2fe4e_b.jpgimg9558 by HughieDW, on Flickr

31646741190_e4c8dbc78d_b.jpgimg9559 by HughieDW, on Flickr

31873208982_77d3054bb1_b.jpgimg9560 by HughieDW, on Flickr

31873151972_c4c00ec786_b.jpgimg9561 by HughieDW, on Flickr

31180680684_c20f44706a_b.jpgimg9562 by HughieDW, on Flickr

31873102422_5fbe990d35_b.jpgimg9563 by HughieDW, on Flickr

32021060245_cca2c276e0_b.jpgimg9564 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Thanks for looking!
 

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