Dragonara Palace
View from the palace in 1870 over the area of what is now Paceville
The Dragonara Palace ( maltes . : Il-Palazz tad-Dragunara ), also known as Palazzo Dragonara or Villa Dragonara , is a palace on a promontory in St. Julian's , Malta . It was built in 1870 as a summer residence for the Scicluna family, and is now a casino called Dragonara Casino .
The legend has it that a dragon lived in that place.
The palace is on the national list of cultural heritage of Malta ( National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands / "National Inventory of Cultural Heritage of the Maltese Islands").
References and footnotes
- ^ Gaul, Simon: Malta, Gozo and Comino. 2007, New Holland Publishers, ISBN 9781860113659 , p. 160 ( partial online view )
- ↑ National Inventory (01218)
literature
- Dragonara Palace (PDF). National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands. December 28, 2012.
- Frederica Agius: The Dragonara Palace. A Historic Perspective. Dragonara Gaming Limited. 2014, ISBN 9789995707187 .
Web links
Commons : Dragonara Palace - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Dragonara Casino website
- Dragonara Casino celebrates its 50th anniversary in style: Multi-million-euro extension, restoration project unveiled (Sunday, July 20, 2014)
Coordinates: 35 ° 55 ′ 35 ″ N , 14 ° 29 ′ 40.9 ″ E