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Inquisitor's Palace
The Inquisition in Malta
About Inquisitor's Palace
The Inquisitor’s Palace in Birgu was built around the 1530s as a civil tribunal and became the seat of the Roman Inquisition, which held sway in Malta for more than 224 years. Heritage Malta runs it as a historic house museum and the national ethnography museum (heritagemalta.mt).
Why it's on our list
- Tribunal and prison cells
- Ethnography museum
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Inquisitor's Palace before you go.
Hotels nearby
The closest hotels in our guide to Inquisitor's Palace, as the crow flies.
- Cugó Gran Macina450 m6 min walk
- Iniala Harbour House1.2 km15 min walk
- Ursulino Valletta1.3 km17 min walk
- Rosselli AX Privilege1.4 km18 min walk
- AX The Saint John1.4 km18 min walk
What’s nearby
Distances from Inquisitor's Palace are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 15 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Nearest ferry landing
- Valletta Waterfront (Sicily ferry)Harbour ferries1.3 km17 min walk
Key sights
- Fort St Angelo650 mWalk 8 minCycle 3 minCar or taxi 6 min
- Upper Barrakka Gardens1.3 kmWalk 16 minCycle 5 minCar or taxi 8 min
- St John’s Co-Cathedral1.5 kmWalk 18 minCycle 6 minCar or taxi 8 min
- Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum2.4 kmWalk 30 minCycle 10 minCar or taxi 10 min
- Spinola Bay4.0 kmCycle 16 minCar or taxi 13 min
- Malta International Airport5.2 kmCycle 21 minCar or taxi 15 min
- Marsaxlokk5.4 kmCycle 22 minCar or taxi 16 min
- Mdina11 kmCycle 43 minCar or taxi 27 min
- Golden Bay17 kmCar or taxi 39 min
- Ċirkewwa (Gozo ferry)21 kmCar or taxi 47 min