Set the scene.
The Bighi site developed from a seventeenth-century private residence into a major naval hospital. It treated casualties during the Crimean War and both World Wars.
Here’s the twist.
Former hospital spaces became part of Esplora. Medical equipment and visible wartime damage help explain the building’s earlier life.
Why it still matters.
The distinctive Cot Lift linked the hospital with the waterfront. Moving a patient safely was an architectural problem as well as a medical task.
🧠 One to think about +
What does this story change about the way you see Malta today? Pick one detail you’d tell a friend — then check its source below.