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Medieval tombstone belonging to one of the ancient tombs of a cemetery, which no longer exists, located near the church of St Augustine at Rabat (Victoria) on the island of Gozo, Malta. According to tradition, the tombstones marked the graves of illustrious personages who accompanied King Louis IX of France in his crusade against Tunis in 1270. The returning French ships were scattered by a storm. Some of their crews also died of disease. Several ships arrived in the port of Gozo, where the dead were buried. Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadela of Victoria in Gozo. Malta.
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Caption:
Medieval tombstone belonging to one of the ancient tombs of a cemetery, which no longer exists, located near the church of St Augustine at Rabat (Victoria) on the island of Gozo, Malta. According to tradition, the tombstones marked the graves of illustrious personages who accompanied King Louis IX of France in his crusade against Tunis in 1270. The returning French ships were scattered by a storm. Some of their crews also died of disease. Several ships arrived in the port of Gozo, where the dead were buried. Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Cittadela of Victoria in Gozo. Malta.
Location:
Gozo Museum of Archaeology. Malta.
Credit:
Album / Prisma
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Image size:
3711 x 7194 px | 76.4 MB
Print size:
31.4 x 60.9 cm | 12.4 x 24.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1270 • 13 CENTURY • 13TH CENTURY • 13TH • BAS-RELIEF • BURIAL GROUND • CARVED • CEMETERY • CHRISTIANISM • CHRISTIANITY • CONQUEST • CRISTIANDAD • CRISTIANISMO • CROSSED • CRUSADE OF LOUIS IX AGAINST TUNIS • CRUSADE OF LOUIS IX • CRUSADE • CRUSADE; • CRUSADER • CRUSADES • DEAD • DEATH • DISTRESS AT SEA • DOCTRINE • EARLY MIDDLE AGES • EIGHTH CRUSADE • EMBOSSED • EPOCA MEDIEVAL • EUROPA • EUROPE • FAITH • FRANCE • FRANÇAIS • FRENCH • FUNERAL STELE • FUNERARY STELE • FUNERARY • GOZO ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM • GOZO ISLAND • GOZO MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY • GOZO MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY. MALTA. • GOZO • GRAVE • GRAVES • GRAVESTONE • GRAVESTONES • GRAVEYARD • HEADSTONE • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • ISLA • ISLAND • ISLANDS • JOY • MALTA • MEDIAEVAL • MEDIEVAL TIMES • MEDIEVAL • MEDIOEVO • MEDITERRANEAN SEA • MEDITERRANEAN • MEDITERRANEO • MIDDLE AGE • MIDDLE AGES • MOYEN AGE • QUEEN VICTORIA I • QUEEN VICTORIA • RABAT • REIGN OF LOUIS IX OF FRANCE • REIGN OF LOUIS IX • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • RITE • SABER • SABLE • SABRE • SECOND CRUSADE OF LOUIS • SEPULCHER • SÉPULCRE • SHIP: SHIPWRECK • SHIPWRECK • STELE, FUNERAL • SWORD • THIRTEENTH CENTURY • TOMB • TOMBSTONE • TRIUMPH • TUNEZ • TUNIS • TUNISIA • VICTORIA I • VICTORIA • VICTORY • XIII CENTURY
