Reliving the Sacra Infermeria
Sixteenth-century hospital of the Knights of St John, with one of Europe's longest wards.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Sacra Infermeria in Valletta follows John Howard, an English reformer who toured Europe's hospitals and prisons, on his visit to the Knights of Saint John's great infirmary in seventeen eighty-six. It reaches back to the Order that built Valletta after the Great Siege, to the knights who took turns nursing the sick, and to the silver and pewter bowls their patients ate from.
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