In 2023 we will be celebrating the 50th year of when the Castello Lanzun became the headquarters of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem and the home of the Grand Commandery.
This section of the website contains articles and documents relating to the history of the Grand Commandery of the Castello and the Torri Lanzun, now the Castello Lanzun.
1973 Dedication Tablet in the Courtyard
Essentially, it is the history of how an early 18th century farmhouse in middle Malta came to be the Grade 1 listed headquarters of a noble charitable worldwide Order with the Grand Master of the Order as its Grand Commander. The story is told through the Commanders of the Jurisdiction and how across the years they have taken the ethos of the Castello Lanzun forwards whilst remaining true to the Order’s ideals.