Francesco Zerafa

The Castellania in Valletta, which was designed by Zerafa shortly before his death. It was completed under the direction of Giuseppe Bonici.

Francesco "Franco" Zerafa[1] (Maltese: Franġisk Zerafa, 1679 – 21 April 1758) was a Maltese architect and donato to the Religion.[2] In 1714, he succeeded Giovanni Barbara as Capomastro delle Opere della Religione (the principal architect of the Order of St. John), a post which he held until his death.[3]

He assisted Charles François de Mondion in the designs of Fort Manoel,[2] and was responsible for major decorative additions at the palace of the Grand Master during the reign of Zondadari.[4] Together with Antonio Azzopardi, he oversaw the construction of the Manoel Theatre to designs of Romano Carapecchia in 1731–32.[3][2]

In 1757 he designed the Castellania in Valletta,[2] but he died on 21 April 1758 before the building was completed. He was succeeded as Capomastro delle Opere by Giuseppe Bonici, who oversaw the construction of the Castellania until it was completed in 1760.[5]

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  1. ↑ p. 2. See design of plan.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Spiteri, Stephen C. (2014). "Fort Manoel". Journal of Military Architecture and Fortification. ARX (4): 128.
  3. 1 2 Schiavone, Michael J. (2009). Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. 2 G–Z. Pietà: Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza. p. 1709. ISBN 9789993291329.
  4. ↑ Vella, Theresa M. (June 2012). The paintings of the Order of St John in Malta (PDF) (Thesis). Faculty of Humanities, University of Bristol. p. 109.
  5. ↑ "The Castellania". Malta Environment and Planning Authority. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.
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