Gran Castello Historic House


This folklore museum is a lovely maze of stairs, rooms and courtyards. The fine, rambling old building itself, dating to 1500, houses a collection of domestic, trade and farming implements, which give an insight into rural life on Gozo.


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Renaissance chapel originally dedicated to St Nicholas. It was built in 1625 on the site of another more simple chapel already dedicated to the saint.

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5. Old Prison

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7. St John's Demi-Bastion

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8. Main Gate

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Note the Roman inscription on the left-hand inner wall from the 2nd century AD.