Auberge de Castille
Spanish Baroque knights' palace crowned by a bronze Grand Master bust, now the prime minister's office.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Auberge de Castille in Valletta starts with one object on its facade: the bronze bust of Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, the Portuguese knight who rebuilt the house in the seventeen-forties. It follows the eighteenth-century tales of alchemy around him, and a young Sicilian adventurer and his mysterious teacher who washed up on Malta. Best heard at the foot of the entrance steps, looking up at the carved trophies of arms.
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