Spinola Palace, St Julian's in the context of St. Julian's


Spinola Palace, St Julian's in the context of St. Julian's

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Spinola Palace (Maltese: Palazz ta' Spinola; Italian: Palazzo Spinola), also known as Spinola House and Villa Spinola, 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. The later construction was designed by Romano Carapecchia, which is considered a masterpiece, with its back having an elegant clock that is a unique feature to secular Baroque architecture in Malta.

The palace was adaptively converted to a military hospital, serving between 1860 and 1922, and was known as the Forrest Hospital. It later served for a number of purposes, including a post-World War II shelter for the homeless, a short-lived Museum of Modern Art and the Ministry for Tourism office. From late 2007 till 2021, the building hosted the Headquarters of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM).

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Spinola Palace, St Julian's in the context of Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) is an international organization established in 2005 by the national parliaments of the countries of the Euro-Mediterranean region. It is the legal successor of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in the Mediterranean (CSCM), launched in the early 1990s.

The PAM was originally headquartered in Malta, in recognition of Malta's strategic role and commitment in organizing the PAM. The current headquarters is located in the Republic of San Marino. PAM also has offices in Naples, Italy.

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