A life-size bronze bust of the Pope that encouraged the Knights of St John to build the City of Valletta, Pius V, stands on top of a stone base. Pope Pius V is depicted from the mid chest up. He is wearing an embroidered ecclesiastical robe which is fastened with a string bow. He is wearing a fur lined cap on his head.

The 6' high two-part stone base consists of a large trapezoid atop a smaller trapezoid. The upper trapezoid is inscribed:

SAN PIJU V
PAPA

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