Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady, or Church of the Annunciation, also known as the Carmelite Church, is a baroque religious temple, which was built between 1660 and 1675 on the site of a pre-existing chapel. The temple has four chapels and seven richly decorated altars, whose sculptural and painting setting are works of such celebrities as Mattia Preti, Michele Bellanti and Giuseppe Calì.
Preti is the author of the painting in the main altar depicting the scene of the Annunciation of the Lord. The elaborately carved and gilded frame is the work of Pietro Paolo Troisi. A valuable monument is also the processional figure of the Mother of God from Mount Carmel chisel Andrea Imbrolla.
Many valuable items from the church's furnishings were plundered by the French who plundered the church in 1798. The rebellious inhabitants of Mdina, who barricaded the door and struck the bells, did not allow the final devastation of the church, which signaled the outbreak of the uprising against the French occupants.
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