LC control no. | sh2007010810 |
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Corporate name heading | Inquisitor's Palace (Birgu, Malta) |
Variant(s) | Castellania (Birgu, Malta) Palazzo del Sant'Officio (Birgu, Malta) Sant'Officio, Palazzo del (Birgu, Malta) |
See also | Official residences--Malta |
Found in | Work cat.: 2007282337: The Inquisitor's Palace, 2003 (located in the heart of Vittoriosa, the Inquisitor's Palace served as the official residence of the island's general inquisitor from 1574 until 1798, when Napoleon outlawed the Inquisition in Malta. The building incorporates some architectural features of the original structure on the site, the Palazzo del Sant'Officio, or Castellania, which housed the civil law courts of the Knights of Malta prior to their relocation to Valletta) |