Heritage Malta will be opening the Inquisitor’s Palace, which is sited in the heart of Vittoriosa, at a reduced price to give those visiting Vittoriosa for the feast of St Dominic the opportunity to tour the Palace and learn more about the significance of this building in Maltese history.

The Inquisitor’s Palace is one of the very few surviving examples of a style of palace that would have been found all over Europe and South America in the early modern period. Mgr Pietro Dusina arrived in Malta in 1574 as the first general inquisitor and apostolic delegate of the Maltese Islands. The Grand Master offered him the unused palace as an official residence.

Almost all successive inquisitors sought to transform the palace into a decent mansion. They all shared the same cultural values of clerical baroque Roman society, and by the mid-18th century they had managed successfully to transform the building into a typical Roman palace.

This special opening will be taking place this coming Sunday, the 30th of August, between 7.00pm and 11.00pm. Tickets which cost €2 for persons over 12 years can be bought at the door.

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