Grand Master’s Palace + Goya’s Disasters of War Exhibition

Heritage Malta Members and Heritage Malta Passports enter free of charge

The Grand Master’s Palace

Visit the restored Grand Master’s Palace, the theatre where the nation was born, in the heart of Valletta. Wander down its 450-year-old corridors of power and experience the rediscovered Uccelliera, the vivid frescoes of the Piano Nobile, and the opulent State Rooms, including the Grand Master’s Study/Sitting Room, the Throne Room, Pages’ Room, and the Ambassadors’ Room.

Francisco de Goya Disasters of War

The Peninsular War (1808-1814) between France and Spain was a violent convulsion of anarchy, starvation and slaughter with long-lasting catastrophic effects.

From the 4^th of November onwards, Heritage Malta is exhibiting the series of 80 etchings titled The Disasters of War at the Grand Master’s Palace, thanks to the collaboration of Fundacion MAPFRE as well as MAPFRE Malta and the Bank of Valletta Foundation.

This is the very first time in Malta that an entire exhibition is dedicated to his work.

The Disasters of War series (c.1810-15) is deemed as Goya’s personal reflection on the devastating effects of the war on the people, showing scenes that are raw and unsettling in their depiction of battlefield horror and dehumanization.

The Disasters of War is the first example in the history of painting where war and its consequences are depicted not as heroic acts, but as the tragedy and barbarism that they truly stand for.