{"id":20712,"date":"2018-08-01T12:08:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T12:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/?p=20712"},"modified":"2018-08-01T12:08:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T12:08:10","slug":"francis-sultanas-palace-malta-balance-new-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/francis-sultanas-palace-malta-balance-new-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Sultana’s Palace in Malta, the Balance Between New and Old"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a dazzling mix of baroque<\/strong> and contemporary design<\/strong>, the top interior design<\/strong>, Francis Sultana<\/strong> <\/em>makes his own retreat of a 16th-century palazzo.<\/p>\n

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See also:\u00a0Martyn Lawrence Bullard Revives The Hotel Californian<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cValletta, a palace town built by gentlemen for gentlemen\u201d. This is precisely the mansions that Francis Sultana acquires twelve years ago in order to make it a haven of peace.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe house remained vacant since the Second World War when the city was the target of the violent bombing.\u00a0It kept some of its baroque details and I was struck by the presence of a courtyard, an unusual thing in this fortified city where the land is a rare commodity.\u00a0\u201d<\/p>\n

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Soon, he submits planning applications \u2013 Valletta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980 \u2013 consults architects and recruits local artisans to restore the palace\u2019s luster.
\nHe also decided to bring it into our era, installing an elevator and creating a pool in the vast vaulted basements.\u00a0\u00a0The extensive art collection<\/strong> of the couple brings to the whole a more modern<\/strong> note.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wanted to get the right balance of traditional\u2014as in original\u2014and contemporary<\/strong> in both the refurbishing and decorating,\u201d Sultana explains.<\/p>\n

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The interior designer\u00a0<\/strong>selected unique design pieces<\/strong> for the project, a roundtable, by Mattia Bonetti and two scagliola consoles designed by Francis Sultana itself,\u00a0 the style of the house,\u00a0embodies a\u00a0mix of old, contemporary, new and made to measure.<\/p>\n

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\nOriginally from Gozo, one of the three islands that make up the Maltese archipelago, the interior designer has a deep respect for tradition.
\n\u201cWhen I was a child, Valletta was almost a ghost town, nobody wanted to live there. But I have always been fascinated by its palaces with beautiful limestone facades embellished with their green balconies. \u201d<\/p>\n

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Photography:\u00a0Simon Upton<\/p>\n

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