Items from the exhibition Valletta and the Dominicans: a Common Journey are complimenting the Basilica of St Mary of Porto Salvo and St Dominic church, in Valletta, this week.

Some of the artefacts on exhibit can be appreciated for their liturgical purpose and religious value after they were transferred to the church for the occasion of the feast of St Dominic being celebrated this weekend. These include the 1707 monstrance, the 19th-century reliquary, silver antependia and candlesticks.

Valletta and the Dominicans: A Common Journey narrates how the story of Valletta has often intertwined with that of the Dominican community in the capital. It includes paintings, prints, manuscript volumes, objets d’art, vestments and curious paraphernalia from the national and parish collections to narrate Valletta’s Dominican imprint.

The exhibition, that will bring Maltese and Dominican history together, is organised by Heritage Malta and the parish of St Mary of Porto Salvo and St Dominic.

The exhibition is open daily from 10am to 4pm until October 7 at the Dominican Priory in Valletta. On the occasion of the festivity of St Dominic, opening hours are extended until 8pm today and tomorrow. Admission is free.

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