James Cavalier– a 16th century Cavalier turned Centre of Creativity in recent years. At Castille, and close to where the Auberge de Castille stands, St. In the place of the Royal Opera House- an innovative architectural creation by Italian architect Renzo Piano functions once again as a performance arts venue.
Walking through Valletta today we are once again humbled by the impressive architecture that holds such a special resonance in European history, as well as newly designed establishments which continue to take form right before our eyes. Architects and politicians worked side by side to engineer and protect as it were, the more important buildings such as The Auberge de Castille(one of several Auberges created for the Knights of St John), The Grandmaster’s Palace dominating Palace square, the Malta Law courts in Republic street (previously the Auberge D’Auvergne) and The Manoel Theatre, Malta’s national theatre and home of the Maltese Philharmonic Orchestra, located in Old Theatre Street. Throughout history and certainly following the destruction of The Royal Opera house, more focus was warranted to preserve and restore Valletta’s unique, cultural heritage. On the evening of 1942, the Royal Opera house was destroyed by German aircraft bombing and the morning after, inhabitants walked over to its shattered remains where fragments of a once grand and glorified building that was all there was left to witness. Its fate, however, along with so many other beautiful buildings in Valletta was not to last. The image left many in awe of this lost architectural masterpiece – a sight, which for most Maltese represented the prestigious, theatrical culture of a city built by the Knights, under Grandmaster Jean Parisot de La Valette. The Royal Opera House in Valletta, as it once stood between 18 appeared the other day on the popular social media networking site, Facebook. This impressive building designed by English architect Edward Middleton Barry and one of the most iconic landmarks on the Maltese Islands was digitally merged with a recent photograph depicting its precise site location as we know it today.
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