Palazzo Vilhena

Vilhena Palace (Maltese: Il-Palazz De Vilhena; Italian: Palazzo Vilhena), also known as the Magisterial Palace (Maltese: Palazz Maġisterjali) and Palazzo Pretorio, is a French Baroque palace in Mdina, Malta. It is named after António Manoel de Vilhena, the Grand Master who commissioned it. It was built between 1726 and 1728 to designs of the French architect Charles François de Mondion, on the site of the meeting place of the Università. The palace was used a hospital in the 19th and 20th centuries, and it became known as Connaught Hospital after 1909. Since 1973, it has been open to the public as Malta's National Museum of Natural History.

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Palazzo Vilhena ranks #3,802 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #15 of the 29 mapped in Malta. Founded 1728, it is older than 20% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 27 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Malta compares in the castle statistics.

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