One World - Protecting the most significant buildings, monuments and features of Valletta (40)

Maisons Demandols is located in South Street opposite the Fine Arts Museum. It is a Baroque building consisting of three houses having façades in the same architectural treatment. In 1652 these three houses were acquired by Balthazar de Demandolx, who was the Provencal Bailiff and Captain-General of the Galleys of the Order after whom the houses are named. In 1800 the property was acquired by the Monte di Pieta'. The building has two entrances at Triq Nofsinhar and another round the corner at Triq Żekka. It is mainly on three storeys. Leonard Mahoney attributes the design of the building to a follower of Romano Carapecchia. A noteworthy feature is the original convex open wrought iron balcony incorporating a closed wooden balcony, which was installed at a later period.

The building was damaged by aerial bombardment during the World War II and was reconstructed by the Public Works Department. The building is currently the Ministry of Finance.

Mepa scheduled Maisons Demandols as a Grade 1 national monument as per Government Notice No. 276/08 in the Government Gazette dated March 28.