The President's Summer Residence.

The President's Summer Residence.

In the background can be seen Verdala Palace, originally built in 1586 for use as a hunting lodge by Grand Master Hughes Loubenx de Verdalle (GrandMaster from 1581 till 1595). He later turned the palace into his Summer Residence. Built on a hill and surrounded by Buskett Gardens, it offers a fantastic view of most of the Island and the surrounding Mediterranean Sea.
The Palace is efficiently fortified externally and beautifully decorated internally.
In 1930, the wife of the then British Governor Sir Charles Bonham-Carter ordered that all the Mythological figures and two virtues painted by the Florentine Artist Filippo Paladini in the late 16th. Century, be painted over as she was shocked by the partially nude figures.
However, the man in charge, realising that this artistic treasure would be lost forever, applied a coat of varnish to all the paintings to preserve them, before applying a coat of whitewash on top.
These paintings have been magnificently restored recently and can now be enjoyed by the general public.

The President's Summer Residence. belongs to the following groups:

Dawn and Dusk Light, Former DPF Members, Heritage in Stone, Landscape Photography, Silhouettes and Sunrise, Sunset