The souvenirs are just Malta-themed kitsch with discreet made-in-China stamps. It’s nothing to cross the world to see…
…till you look up and realize you’re in a gorgeously preserved medieval palazzo:
If you look, the bones of the old building are still there beneath the tourist rubble:
I wish I knew more about this building. One of the things that struck me about it is how dim it was. But despite, or perhaps because of, the lack of windows, it was cool inside, like an aboveground cellar. I guess that’s medieval air conditioning.