Casa Rocca Piccola
Sixteenth-century noble palace still lived in by its family, filled with heirlooms, costumes and lace.
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This guide to Casa Rocca Piccola in Valletta looks at a noble palace through the everyday technology of the eighteenth century, starting with a locally made clock that kept the household's time. It follows the de Piro family's collection into the Chinese Room, with its silver vinaigrettes and sea-sponge box, and out onto the street in a Paris-made sedan chair built for a captain general of the galleys.
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