<P> Baroque architecture became popular after Francesco Bounamici designed the Church of the Jesuits in Valletta in 1635 . In the subsequent decades , many churches , public buildings , city gates , palaces and other structures were constructed or rebuilt in this style . New churches were built in the Baroque style , while older ones were rebuilt or redecorated . Examples include the interior of Saint John 's Co-Cathedral , which was completely redesigned by Mattia Preti in the 1660s , and the Church of Our Lady of Victories , which had its façade rebuilt in 1752 . </P>
this jesuit church became the model for other italian baroque churches
the Church of the Jesuits in Valletta