The Old Prison is located in the

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, adjacent to the Courts of Justice to which it was originally connected. Today, the prison complex is divided into two different buildings: the entrance hall, which had been a common cell in the 19th century, and a free-standing block with six individual cells. The prison was active from the mid-16th century until 1962. First, it used to host the rowdiest or most riotous knights, as a place to cool down. Its most notable knight imprisoned there was Fra

Jean Parisot de Valette Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette (; – 21 August 1568) was a French nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, from 21 August 1557 to his death in 1568. As a Knight Hospitaller, joining the order in the , he fought with distin ...

who was imprisoned there for four months in 1538 after attacking a man. The site is well preserved in its original state, and a large amount of graffiti is etched into the

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walls. Representations are often of ships, hand-prints, crosses, names, dates, games, and anthropomorphic figures. Graffiti prison Gozo 01.jpg, Graffiti etched into the walls by the prisoners File:Graffiti prison Gozo.jpg, Graffiti etched into the walls by the prisoners

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External links

Official website: https://heritagemalta.mt/explore/the-old-prison/ {{Citta Victoria Museums in Malta Defunct prisons in Malta Prison museums in Europe Victoria, Gozo Sites managed by Heritage Malta