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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



A CHURCH IN MALTA READY FOR ITS FEAST DAY ILLUMINATION 

 Note the hundreds of electric-light bulbs in elaborate design on the fagade. 



A RELIGIOUS PROCESSION IN MALTA 



Photographs by S. L. Cassar 



The Maltese are deeply attached to the Church of Rome, and it is said that in no other 

 community of equal size are the religious edifices so numerous and so beautifully decorated. 

 The first Christian bishop of the island, legend tells us, was Publius, whom Paul converted. 



