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Cosmana died on 30 January 1687 when she was 87 years and was interned at the San Anton Chapel, that is found inside the St. Paul Parish Church. Her ambitious plan for the reconstruction of the parish church was finished before her death. In remembrance of her as the founder and philanthropist of the
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columns uncommon to the time. In the inside it features some baroque architecture including the coat-of-arms of the family, the decorative archways from a room to the other upstairs, and features in the former courtyard (now a room as well). It has several spacious rooms inside. Most of the building
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and the parish church. Significantly these paintings feature: the side patio (Zuntier) of the parish church and the designs (plans) of the church in her hands. These images were intentionally painted to convey a message of her being the projects' main philanthropist; it significantly lead to her
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features on several objects and places such as on
Cosmana's tombstone and painting at the Parish Church, on silver artifacts which she left as dowry to the Roman Cathoclic Church in Malta and on the inside of Casa Cosmana Navarra's main entrance door. Costmana wrote her doury in 1675 with local
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house, Casa
Cosmana Navarra, to be featured first inside the church as a painting, and secondly (after demolishing several other houses to build the church’s patio) physically let her house featuring in an outstanding position next to the church.
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in order to sell her a nearby land next to the parish church, of which acquisition could extend and ameliorate the church and surrounding, but at her disappointment this was initially denied. Historically there was always a conflict between the
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for the continuation of the project which had stopped in 1662. In 1666 the San Anton Chapel was finalized and received the blessing of the local Bishop Lucas Buenos; this is known by a letter sent to her by the bishop, dated on 10 July 1666.
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Cosmana was the mastermind after the various parts of the rebuilding of St. Paul Parish Church that stands just outside her cornered townhouse, Casa
Cosmana Navarra. The new design on the church was given to
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Cosmana's choice. Works on the parish church started in 1653 but stopped shortly in 1662, to then continue in 1664. A document dated to 19 April 1664 says that Cosmana paid 1700
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to the parish church. In 1683 Cosmana paid for the construction of an underground for St. Paul's Grotto, and for the new baroque facade of the parish church seen just outside her house.
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Cosmana had paid for the titular painting of the church in 1678, followed by the church patio (or courtyard) a year later in 1679. Cosmana had written to Grandmaster
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for the re-construction of the parish church that was aimed to receive several pilgrims from Europe; that can be considered a historic development in
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specializing in pizza and pasta. It was initially run by
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as part of the parish church's side chapels, on condition of having his portrait at the church. Sometimes later she even added the Chapel of
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parish church there are at least two art works depicting her inside the church; one features her next to
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and this is shown by her interest and actions involved with the St. Paul
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and is considered a positive initiative by Minister of Transport
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Writing a Family Narrative: The Three Houses of Cosmana Navarra
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in the former garden of Casa Cosmana Navarra, now a closed area
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Casa Cosmana Navarra is considered as a traditional Maltese
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Since the 20th-century Casa Cosmana Navarra has been a
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site in Rabat of St. Paul’s Cave (Grotto), at the now
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943:"About Ristorante Cosmana Navarra"
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825:"Gli ipogei di Wignacourt a Rabat"
812:"The Collegiate Church of St Paul"
733:"The Collegiate Church of St Paul"
660:"About Ristorante Cosmana Navarra"
592:"About Ristorante Cosmana Navarra"
532:University of California, Berkeley
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1034:Ristorante Cosmana Navarra, 2007.
295:Cosmana Navarra was a devotee of
225:) is a 17th-century aristocratic
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1145:. November 2016. Archived from
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1107:"Gallery - Restaurant Images"
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1202:Limestone buildings in Malta
1126:"Ristorante Cosmana Navarra"
611:"Ristorante Cosmana Navarra"
474:"Ristorante Cosmana Navarra"
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894:"Baroque Painting in Malta"
233:. The building belonged to
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744:De Piro, Nicholas (1983),
413:Ristorante Cosmana Navarra
392:notary Nicola Allegretto.
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59:Location within Malta
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864:. Deal Today, 2014.
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