Ir-Rotunda's Clocktower's by gurneyp

Valletta - Malta The Rotunda of St. Marija Assunta {aka: The Mosta Dome} is the third-largest church dome in Eurpoe. On April 9, 1942, during an afternoon air-raid, a 200kg Luftwaffe bomb pierced the dome and fell among a congregation of more than 300 people. It did not explode. One version of this event states that, upon opening the bomb, it was found to be filled with sand instead of explosive and contained a note saying "greetings from Plzen" from the workers at Skoda Works in the German-occupied Czechoslovakia who had allegedly sabotaged its production.

Uploaded: Feb, 03 2010 | Taken: Aug, 23 2009| Viewed: 34 times  | 6 votes Camera: SONY | Model: CYBERSHOT | Exposure 10/5000s, ISO 100 | FLength: 18mm | SW: Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery 6.0.6001.18000

pesu - Feb, 03 2010 04:02pm Great clarity - interesting story! horourke - Feb, 03 2010 08:02pm Great legend, good picture louis - Feb, 04 2010 07:02am Very interesting story jacko1 - Feb, 04 2010 08:02am We also visited the Mosta Dome with local friends and were assured that this story is true as several of their relatives were in the congregation at the time and vouch for it!