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Villa Guardamangia (Italian – 'look' and 'eat'), formerly known as Casa Medina [1] [2] and sometimes referred to as Casa Guardamangia, [3] is a 16,791 square feet (1,559.9 m 2) townhouse in Gwardamanġa, Pietà, Malta, which served as the residence of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (later Queen Elizabeth II), and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, between 1949 and 1951, while Philip ...
Villa Alhambra is a Moorish Revival villa in Sliema, Malta. Neighbouring both Villa Pax and Villa Alcazar, Villa Alhambra was built in the 1880s by prominent Maltese architect Emanuele Luigi Galizia as his own summer residence in Moorish Revival style. It has a Moghul and Moorish exterior, coupled with Baroque and Victorian interior.
Spinola Palace (Maltese: Palazz ta' Spinola; Italian: Palazzo Spinola), also known as Spinola House [2] and Villa Spinola, [3] is a palace in St. Julian's, Malta. It was built in the 17th century by Fra Paolo Rafel Spinola, a knight of the Order of St. John , and was enlarged in the 18th century.
Gwardamanġa (English: Guardamangia or sometimes incorrectly written as Gwarda Mangia) [1] is a hamlet in Pietà, Malta. [2] Gwardamanġa is the home of St. Luke's Hospital, Malta's former general public hospital, and Villa Guardamangia, the former home of Queen Elizabeth II. It is also the location of the Rediffusion House.
Villa Lauri is an early 20th-century Neoclassical townhouse in Birkirkara, Malta. [1] The villa was built as a private family residence. Part of the property is privately owned, while most of it belongs to the Roman Catholic Church.
Villa St Ignatius (Maltese: Villa Sant'Injazju) is a historic villa located in the Balluta area of St Julian's, Malta.It was built in the early 19th century for the English merchant John Watson, and it might be the earliest example of Gothic Revival architecture in the country.
San Pawl Milqi ("Saint Paul the welcome or the healer" in maltese [1]) are the ruins of a Roman period agricultural villa and pagan temple, the largest ever discovered in Malta. A Christian church was built on the site based on the Biblical mention of the shipwreck of Saint Paul on the island. In the place of the current chapel there was a ...
Villa Bologna is a Maltese stately home, in the village of Attard in the central district of Malta.Built in opulent Baroque style, Villa Bologna has been called "the most beautiful 18th century country house to be built for a Maltese family" [1] and "of similar grandeur to the finest palaces on the island".