The Palace Armoury in Valletta holds one of the world's finest surviving collections of arms and armour, gathered by the Order of St John during its rule of Malta. It is displayed in the former stables and magazine of the Grandmaster's Palace.
The collection includes suits of armour, swords, firearms, cannon and ceremonial pieces, among them the gilded parade armour of Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt and equipment captured from the Ottomans.
Once the working arsenal that equipped the Order's soldiers and galleys, the armoury is now a museum that brings the military history of Hospitaller Malta vividly to life.
