A detail from one of the gilded arches supporting the central nave of this spectacular cathedral features a “putti” (a figure of an infant depicted as a young male) blowing on a huge trumpet. He is surrounded by Baroque embellishments. I fill the frame with gold, symbolizing wealth, power, and most of all, triumph. The cathedral was built by the Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John in 1577. This group of 700 European nobles, along with 5,000 soldiers, had defeated an invading Turkish force of 48,000 just twelve years earlier, earning the city of Valletta its reputation as an impregnable fortress. This trumpeter may well have been commemorating this victory.