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The Castellania (( マルタ語:Kastellanija)), sometimes referred to as Palazzo Castellania or the Castellania Palace, is an 18th-century Baroque building in Valletta, Malta, which was built by the Order of St. John as a courthouse and prison. The building currently houses the Ministry of Health. ==History== The Castellania of Valletta was first built in the 1570s, during the magistracy of Jean de la Cassière, to replace the earlier law courts in Birgu (which later became the Inquisitor's Palace). In 1757, during the magistracy of Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, the original Castellania was demolished, and a new building was constructed in its place. The new Castellania was built in the Baroque style, to a design by the architect Francesco Zerafa. Zerafa died before its completion, and he was substituted by the architect Giuseppe Bonnici.〔 The edifice was officially opened on 17 November 1760. A craftsman who certainly worked on the building's decorative sculpture was Maestro Giovanni Puglisi, a Neapolitan buonavoglia. As fate would have it, he would become the first man to be convicted and sentenced to death in the Castellania. A pillory stone is located at the building's corner. Above the stone is a hook, which was probably originally used to lift the bells of St. John's Co-Cathedral. It might have also been used to secure prisoners on the pillory. By the 19th century, the building became too small to house the law courts, which were transferred to Auberge d'Auvergne. The building was abandoned between 1853 and 1895, when it became the head office of the newly formed Public Health Department. Physician and archaeologist Sir Themistocles Zammit had a laboratory within the Castellania, and in 1905 he discovered the Mediterranean strain of brucellosis while working there.〔 Today, the Castellania houses the Ministry of Health, the successor of the Public Health Department. The building is a Grade 1 national monument,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.mepa.org.mt/castellania )〕 and it is also listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Castellania (Malta)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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