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The conservatorio is located at Triq il-Kbira San Ġuzepp in Sta Venera and was built as a home for orphans by Vincenzo Bugeja, after whom the building is named.

The palatial building is surrounded by a palisaded boundary wall and a monumental gate with a secondary columned portal of classical architectural features within which is a bronze bust of Vincenzo Bugeja. Within the gate are two guardrooms. A statue of StVincent Ferreri, protector of orphans stands in the centre of the front garden. The main building consists of a circular chapel at the centre. Two porphyry sarcophagi in the chapel contain the remains of Marquis Bugeja and his wife.

The chapel is flanked by two large wings connected by a wide corridor. The wings are surrounded by an arched veranda. The windows are arched and others have pediments, with panelling and pilasters. The parapet wall is composed of stone balustrades.

The Conservatorio is still in use and very well kept and is owned and administered by the Board of Trustees of the Conservatorio Vincenzo Bugeia.

Mepa scheduled the Conservatorio Vincenzo Bugeia at Sta Venera as a Grade 2 national monument as per Government Notice no. 628/08 in the Government Gazette dated July 12, 2008.