Auberge de Castille et Portugal

This article is about the Auberge in Birgu. For the Auberge in Valletta which now houses the Office of the Prime Minister of Malta, see Auberge de Castille.

Auberge de Castille et Portugal
Berġa ta' Kastilja u Portugall
General information
Status	Intact but altered
Type	House
Architectural style	Melitan
Location	Birgu, Malta
Address	No. 57-59, Hilda Tabone Street
Coordinates
Completed	c. 1550s
Technical details
Material	Limestone
Design and construction
Architect	Niccolò Bellavante

The Auberge de Castille et Portugal (Maltese: Berġa 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, León 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 Niccolò 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.

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

External links

• National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands