There is a palace around the corner from our house in Malta. Palazzo Parisio and Gardens is an extravagant estate built in 1733 by a Grand Master in the Knights of Malta. In 1898 Marquis Scicluna bought the lodge and enlisted a vast phalanx of architects, sculptors, painters and stone masons to transform it into the palace it is today, a combination of Baroque and Pompeian architecture.
We visited just after our return from Sicily and found all of Malta in bloom. The Palacio Parisio has a formal garden, three-quarters of a mile in length with an orange orchard, jacarandas, Japanese camilia, palms and more. The fragrance of orange blossoms filled the air as we walked around the gardens of the estate.
There is a Conservatory in the garden filled with palms and sculpture. Also a resident cat taking an afternoon nap in the warm sun. Even Malteze cats take naps from 1 to 3. Can you find the kitty in the photo?
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