Auberge de Castille et Portugal

Auberge de Castille et Portugal
Auberge de Castille et Portugal
Ber?a ta' Kastilja u Portugall
	Remains of the Auberge de Castille et Portugal
General information
Status	Intact but altered
Type	Auberge
Architectural style	Melitan
Location	Birgu , Malta
Address	No. 57?59, Hilda Tabone Street
Coordinates	35°53′18.2″N 14°3′24.5″E / 35.888389°N 14.056806°E
Completed	c. 1550s
Owner	Private
Technical details
Material	Limestone
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Niccolo Bellavante

The Auberge de Castille et Portugal ( Maltese : Ber?a ta' Kastilja u Portugall ) was an auberge in Birgu , Malta . It was built to house knights of the Order of Saint John from the langue of Castille , Leon and Portugal .

The first Auberge de Castille, which was known as the vecchia alberghia di Castiglia , was built in the 1530s. Its exact location is not known and no remains have survived of this first auberge. A second auberge was built in Barrack Front Street (now Hilda Tabone Street) during the magistracy of Grand Master Claude de la Sengle . This auberge was designed by the architect Niccolo Bellavante in the traditional Maltese style, and it housed the langue until the building of a new Auberge de Castille in Valletta in 1574. Today, the building still exists, but it was heavily altered over time, and only a quoin and some windows with Melitan mouldings remain of the original auberge. ^[1] The building is privately owned. ^[2]

The building was included on the Antiquities List of 1925, together with the other auberges in Birgu. ^[3] It was scheduled as a Grade 1 national monument on 22 December 2009, ^[1] and it is also listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands . ^[4]