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View of Vedala [sic] Palace of the Grand Master, located in the Boschetto, Malta, 1778. The site of Verdala Palace was originally occupied by a hunting lodge, built in the 1550s or 1560s during the reign of Grand Master Jean Parisot de la Valette. The lodge was built in the Boschetto, a large semi-landscaped area used by knights of the Order of Saint John for hunting game. The hunting lodge was expanded into a palace in 1586, during the reign of Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle. Drawing from the album 'Voyage to Italy, Sicily and Malta'.