Alof De Wignacourt : 1601-1622
The Grandmasters of the Order of St.John in Malta Philippe Villiers De L'Isle Adam Pietro Del Ponte Didier De Saint Jaille Juan D'Omedes Claude De La Sengle Jean Parisot De La Vallette Martin De Redin Antonio Manoel De Vilhena Ferdinand Von Hompesch		Alof De Wignacourt of the French "Langue" was elected Grandmaster in 1601. Among the various works carried out during the time of this Grandmaster, the most important was certainly the aqueduct, which brought fresh water from the hills outside Rabat to the new City of Valletta. This aqueduct was begun in 1610 under the direction of the Jesuit Tomasucci and was completed in 1615 under the direction of Bontadini, a Bolognese engineer. Alof De Wignacourt died, sincerely lamented by all, on 14th September 1622.