Must-see attractions in Mdina

  • Feast Day banners outside St Paul's Cathedral.

    St Paul's Cathedral

    Mdina

    The cathedral is said to be built on the site of the villa belonging to Publius, the Roman governor of Malta who welcomed St Paul in AD 60.

  • Mdina Ditch Garden

    Mdina

    Mdina's ditch was an important element of its fortifications. It was first created in the 15th century, but was rebuilt by the Knights of St John's…

  • Palazzo Falson

    Mdina

    The magnificent Palazzo Falson is a beautifully preserved medieval mansion. Formerly the home of artist and philanthropist Olof Gollcher (1889–1962), the…

  • Cathedral Museum

    Mdina

    The Cathedral Museum's outstanding highlight is a series of woodcut and copperplate prints and lithographs by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer…

  • National Museum of Natural History

    Mdina

    Housed in the elegant Palazzo de Vilhena is an interesting – if old-school fusty – array of displays. Of particular note is the geology section, which…

  • Mdina Experience

    Mdina

    These three presentations about Mdina's history of siege and embattlement come with an attendant waxwork display of knights to really bring the town's…

  • Casa Testaferrata

    Mdina

    The residence of the Marquis of San Vincenzo Ferreri, a member of the Maltese nobility. The title was created by King Philip V of Spain and donated to the…

  • Knights of Malta

    Mdina

    Audiovisual displays, ghoulish and gruesome mannequins and big screens bring alive the story of the Knights of Malta and the Great Siege of 1565.

  • House of Notary Bezzina

    Mdina

    During the 1798 Mdina uprising against the French occupiers, the French commander Masson was lobbed to his death from the Bezzina's balcony.

  • Casa Inguanez

    Mdina

    The ancient seat of Malta's oldest aristocratic family, who've lived here since the 14th century.

  • Corte Capitanale

    Mdina

    The former Court of Justice. The figures on the balcony represent Justice and Mercy.

  • Mdina Dungeons

    Mdina

    Gruesome waxworks devoted to horrible historical practices may give older kids and teenagers a grisly thrill.