Palazzo Dorell | |
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![]() Front façade of Palazzo Dorell | |
Former names | Bettina Palace, Villa Dorell, Villa Bettina, Palais d'Aurelle |
General information | |
Status | Intact |
Type | Hunting lodge Palace |
Architectural style | Palladian architecture [1] |
Location | Gudja, Malta |
Coordinates | 35°51′2.27″N 14°30′25.29″E / 35.8506306°N 14.5070250°E |
Named for | Pietro Paolo Dorell Falzon |
Completed | 1670 |
Owner | Gino, Baron di San Marco |
Technical details | |
Material | Limestone |
Floor count | 2 |
Palazzo Dorell [2] ( French: Palais d'Aurel [3]) also known as Bettina Palace, [4] [a] is a 17th-century Palladian [1] palace located in Gudja, Malta. [9] [10]
The property was built during the Order of St. John by Count Ignatius Francesco Moscati Falsoni Navarra as a family home and country residence in 1670. [11] [12] The palace was bought in 1760 by Pietro Paolo Falzon d'Aurelle (English: Dorell) Falzon, [13] [1] and is interchangeably named for him and his daughter Marchesa [14] Lady Elisabetta Testaferrata Dorell. [15] [16]
The palace served as the headquarters for the British forces, under General Graham, during the French blockade (1798–1800). [2]
The interior of the building has some of the ceiling covered in frescoes which were painted by Antonio Grech (1758-1819), known as "Naici" (Antonaci). [17]
It was the last building used by the British, with the consent of the owners, before having to leave Malta in 1979 on Freedom Day. [18]
Since the 19th century the place became limitedly open to the public with special permission of the owners, starting from the Patron Lorenzo Galea. [19]
The Xlejli Tower and a chapel are located inside the walled private gardens of the property. [20] [3] At the garden one can still find a small cemetery where British armymen who died during the French occupation of Malta are buried. [21] The garden is considerably very large compared to other general houses. It has a French style. [22] [23]
Today the palace is a private residence and is not open to the public.
The palace is scheduled as a grade 1 scheduled property by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) and listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands (NICPMI). [2]
The aristocratic French family d'Aurelle had other notable properties in Malta. The palace should not be confused with Palazzo Bettina [24] [25] [26] in Birgu, nor Casa Dorell in Valletta; [27] which both belonged to the same family once. [28]
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Palazzo Dorell | |
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![]() Front façade of Palazzo Dorell | |
Former names | Bettina Palace, Villa Dorell, Villa Bettina, Palais d'Aurelle |
General information | |
Status | Intact |
Type | Hunting lodge Palace |
Architectural style | Palladian architecture [1] |
Location | Gudja, Malta |
Coordinates | 35°51′2.27″N 14°30′25.29″E / 35.8506306°N 14.5070250°E |
Named for | Pietro Paolo Dorell Falzon |
Completed | 1670 |
Owner | Gino, Baron di San Marco |
Technical details | |
Material | Limestone |
Floor count | 2 |
Palazzo Dorell [2] ( French: Palais d'Aurel [3]) also known as Bettina Palace, [4] [a] is a 17th-century Palladian [1] palace located in Gudja, Malta. [9] [10]
The property was built during the Order of St. John by Count Ignatius Francesco Moscati Falsoni Navarra as a family home and country residence in 1670. [11] [12] The palace was bought in 1760 by Pietro Paolo Falzon d'Aurelle (English: Dorell) Falzon, [13] [1] and is interchangeably named for him and his daughter Marchesa [14] Lady Elisabetta Testaferrata Dorell. [15] [16]
The palace served as the headquarters for the British forces, under General Graham, during the French blockade (1798–1800). [2]
The interior of the building has some of the ceiling covered in frescoes which were painted by Antonio Grech (1758-1819), known as "Naici" (Antonaci). [17]
It was the last building used by the British, with the consent of the owners, before having to leave Malta in 1979 on Freedom Day. [18]
Since the 19th century the place became limitedly open to the public with special permission of the owners, starting from the Patron Lorenzo Galea. [19]
The Xlejli Tower and a chapel are located inside the walled private gardens of the property. [20] [3] At the garden one can still find a small cemetery where British armymen who died during the French occupation of Malta are buried. [21] The garden is considerably very large compared to other general houses. It has a French style. [22] [23]
Today the palace is a private residence and is not open to the public.
The palace is scheduled as a grade 1 scheduled property by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) and listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands (NICPMI). [2]
The aristocratic French family d'Aurelle had other notable properties in Malta. The palace should not be confused with Palazzo Bettina [24] [25] [26] in Birgu, nor Casa Dorell in Valletta; [27] which both belonged to the same family once. [28]
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