Palazzo Nasciaro
Residential Townhouse in Naxxar, Malta / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Palazzo Nasciaro is an 18th-century townhouse in Naxxar (Casal Nasciaro), Malta, built during the Order of St. John. The townhouse was originally built as a family home, but has undergone adaptive reuse several times to fit the changing needs of the local population.
Palazzo Nasciaro | |
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Former names | Casa Nasciaro (Lieutenant's House), Naxxar School, Naxxar Police Headquarters, Naxxar Police Station |
General information | |
Status | Intact |
Type | Residential Townhouse |
Architectural style | Late Baroque (Rococo) |
Location | Naxxar, Malta |
Coordinates | 35°54′49.25″N 14°26′42.24″E |
Named for | Naxxar Town |
Completed | 18th century |
Renovated | 2007-2014 |
Owner | Paul Golding[1] |
Technical details | |
Material | Limestone |
Floor count | 3 |
Floor area | 700 sq. m indoors, 500 sq. m outdoors and 115 sq. m in shelter/underground |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Franceso Sammut, Giovanni Sammut |
Renovating team | |
Architect(s) | Joseph Micallef (restorer) |
Website | |
www.palazzonasciaro.com |
The building was first constructed to be the primary home, and later vacation home, of the architects who designed it. During the British period, it served as the Lieutenant's House (Dar -il Kmand), serving a post for the administration of regions in Malta. It would later serve as the first police station in Naxxar and the first police headquarters of the region. The building was also used as the first primary school of Naxxar. An air raid shelter was constructed in the house during World War II and used by the local community when Malta was bombarded; the shelter hosted a maternity ward for an underground hospital.
The recent renaming of the townhouse as Palazzo Nasciaro[2] could be misleading as its layout shows it is not a palace. The renaming is probably used for romanticism.[3] The townhouse is claimed to have rococo architecture[2] a type of baroque architecture.[3]