Maltese Islands.Basilika Tal-Madonna Ta' Pinu Mill Gharb - Gozo - Malta Stock Photography

Spectacular ceramic tile mosaics -- both religious and landscape. In a huge and spectacular front courtyard to the church. Maltese Islands.The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of Ta' Pinu (Maltese: Santwarju Ba?ilika tal-Madonna ta' Pinu) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine located some 700 metres (2,300 ft) from the village of G?arb on the island of Gozo, the sister island of Malta.Pope Pius XI granted a Pontifical decree of coronation, Marianum exstat Sanctuarium towards its venerated Marian image, the Blessed Virgin of Ta' Pinu on 24 May 1935. The Archbishop of Tarsus, Cardinal Alexis Lépicier signed and the Regent of Apostolic Dataria, Giuseppe Guerri notarized the decree via the Sacred Congregation of Rites.