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Villa Guardamangia

Palaces and Aristocratic Residences

Villa Guardamangia is a mid-18th-century townhouse in Gwardamangia, Pietà, Malta, built of limestone in a vernacular and Neoclassical style and remodeled around 1900 by owner Sir Augusto Bartolo into the palace-like residence that survives today. Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, and Prince Philip lived there from 1949 to 1951 while Philip served as a Royal Navy officer on the island, and the Queen later called those years among the best of her life. The villa fell into disrepair over subsequent decades until the Government of Malta acquired it in October 2019 and placed it in the care of Heritage Malta for restoration as a Grade 2 scheduled monument.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Pietà, Malta, Malta 3
Completed Year
1900 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
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Villa, Concepts

In Style

Neoclassical Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Villa Guardamangia (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Limestone, Architectural Materials
Source Villa Guardamangia (Wikipedia)
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Located In

Malta

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Source Villa Guardamangia (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Villa Guardamangia (Wikipedia)
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    Villa Guardamangia (Italian - 'look' and 'eat'), formerly known as Casa Medina and sometimes referred to as Casa Guardamangia, is a 16,791-square-foot (1,559.9 m2) townhouse in Gwardamanġa, Pietà, Malta, which served as the residence of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (later Queen Elizabeth II), and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, between 1949 and 1951, while Philip was stationed in Malta as a serving Royal Navy officer.
  • Wikipedia categories
    Category:Residential buildings completed in 1900
  • Uses Element: Limestone, infobox material field: Limestone
  • In Style: Neoclassical Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Vernacular and Neoclassical
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2. Villa Guardamangia (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
Wikidata item Q20949752, instance of (P31): villa
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3. Villa Guardamangia (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Pietà, Malta, Malta
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Pietà, Malta, Malta
Wikidata item Q20949752, property P131/P17 (location): Pietà, Malta, Malta
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Wikidata: Villa Guardamangia
Wikidata Q20949752, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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