Baroque Architecture of the Knights

Some information on Baroque

very pompous themes and reached its peak during the command of Grand Master Manoel De Vilhena → Manoel Theatre and Fort Manoel

Following Grandmaster Emanuel Pino de Fonseca was also very keen on Baroque Architecture, since they were both spanish, Auberge de Castille is the Hallmark of Maltese Baroque

Selmun Castle

• Grandmaster De Rohan

• Country Villa for the Order of the Knights

• Fortified in case of an attack

Verdala Palace, Rabat

• built 20 years after the great siege

• Grandmaster Cardinal Verdala

• Intended as a country retreat it was fortified and made it look more like a castle then palace

The Palace Valletta

• gerolamo cassar designed it

• offical residence of the head of the order

• Tapestry hall is the centre piece of the palace lined with tapesties from the gobelin factory

San Anton Palace, Attard

• grand master de paule

• Contains an important collection of majolica.

Bibliotheca, Valletta

• national library and is situated in the Queen’s square

• oldest document dates back to 1109

• stefano ittar designed it and is one of the last major projects undertaken by the knights

Sagra Infermeria

• hospital of the order

• constructed near the sea to facilitate bringing up the wounded from the galleys in the grand harbor to the hospital

• today is the MCC

Manoel Theatre, Valletta

• baroque style

• designs of romano carapecchia

How many auberges are there

8

Auberge D’ Allamagne

destroyed to make room for the Anglican Cathedral of St. Paul.

Auberge de France

destroyed during the war, workers memorial building today

Auberge D’ Auvergne

demolished during the war, replaced by law courts

Castille et Leon

most magnificent and houses the office of the prime minister

Auberge D’ Aragon

• houses minister of finance

Auberge D’ Italie

Malta Tourism Authority, before having housed the law courts

Auberge de Provence

national museums of archaeology

Auberge De Baviere et Angleterre

today houses the main offices of the GPD, having been a Primary School in former times.