Manuel Pinto da Fonseca

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Manuel Pinto da Fonseca was a Portuguese Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller who ruled Malta in the 18th century and oversaw significant architectural and urban developments on the island.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
Portuguese nobleman ⓘ
person ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Floriana ⓘ
Gozo ⓘ
Malta ⓘ
Valletta ⓘ
burialPlace St. John’s Co-Cathedral ⓘ
Valletta ⓘ
coatOfArms arms of Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1681-05-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1773-01-23 ⓘ
endTimeOfPositionGrandMaster 1773 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Portuguese ⓘ
honorificTitle Fra ⓘ
knownFor long rule over Malta in the 18th century ⓘ
patronage of arts and architecture ⓘ
urban planning initiatives in Malta ⓘ
languageSpoken Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
memberOf Order of Saint John ⓘ
monarchOf Order of Saint John ⓘ
nobleTitle Bailiff of the Order of Saint John ⓘ
notableWork Pinto Battery in Qala, Gozo ⓘ
Pinto’s Loggia in Floriana ⓘ
construction of Auberge de Castille façade ⓘ
development of Floriana ⓘ
promotion of Baroque architecture in Malta ⓘ
urban development of Valletta ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
Lamego ⓘ
placeOfDeath Malta ⓘ
Valletta ⓘ
positionHeld Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
Grand Master of the Order of Saint John ⓘ
Sovereign ruler of Malta ⓘ
predecessor Raymond Despuig ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Grandmaster’s Palace, Valletta ⓘ
Valletta ⓘ
ruledTerritory Malta ⓘ
Sovereign Military Order of Malta ⓘ
linked to: Order of Saint John
startTimeOfPositionGrandMaster 1741 ⓘ
successor Francisco Ximenes de Texada ⓘ

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Auberge de Castille → rebuiltDuringReignOf → Manuel Pinto da Fonseca ⓘ
Qormi → namedAfter → Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca ⓘ
linked to: Manuel Pinto da Fonseca
Fonseca → hasVariantSpelling → de Fonseca ⓘ
linked to: Manuel Pinto da Fonseca
Grand Master of Malta → notableOfficeHolder → Manuel Pinto da Fonseca ⓘ
Città Pinto → honors → Manuel Pinto da Fonseca ⓘ
Città Pinto → namedAfter → Manuel Pinto da Fonseca ⓘ
Città Pinto → isHonorificFor → Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca ⓘ
linked to: Manuel Pinto da Fonseca