点评:The baroque style building designed by Lorenzo Cafa’ flanked by two palaces of the same style of architecture, the Cathedral is evidently a dominant structure within the old city of Mdina. The baroque palaces surrounding it are the old seminary, and the episcopal residence, with the former accommodating the Cathedral Museum.Most of the cathedral's floor consists of inlaid tombstones or commemorative marble slabs, similar to those found at St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta and the Cathedral of the Assumption in Victoria, Gozo. The remains of several bishops and canons, as well as laymen from noble families, are buried in the cathedral.The Cathedral is the metaphoric mother of all Maltese churches, and it is also the seat of the Maltese Archbishop from where he shares the word of God during religious celebrations. The Maltese Archbishop is the head of the Diocese and it is through this Cathedral that he governs and co-ordinates his Diocese. In 1944, the Bishop of Malta was given the title of Metropolitan Archbishop and Head of the Ecclesiastical Province of Malta and Gozo, thus, in effect, giving the Cathedral the title ‘Metropolitan’. With a entrance ticket to the Cathedral you can also visit the museum.
翻译:大教堂是一座由洛伦佐·卡法设计的巴洛克风格建筑,两侧是两座相同建筑风格的宫殿,显然是姆迪纳老城内一座重要的建筑。周围的巴洛克风格宫殿是旧神学院和主教官邸,前者设有大教堂博物馆。大教堂的大部分地板由镶嵌的墓碑或纪念性大理石板组成,类似于瓦莱塔的圣约翰联合大教堂和戈佐岛维多利亚圣母升天大教堂。多位主教和教士,以及来自贵族家庭的俗人的遗体都埋葬在大教堂。大教堂是所有马耳他教堂的隐喻之母,也是马耳他大主教的所在地,他在宗教庆典期间在这里分享上帝的话语。马耳他大主教是教区的首领,他通过这座大教堂管理和协调他的教区。 1944年,马耳他主教被授予大主教头衔,并担任马耳他和戈佐教省的首领,因此,大教堂实际上被授予了“大主教”的头衔。您还可以凭大教堂门票参观博物馆。