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Robert Samut Hall

Robert Samut Hall
Sala Robert Samut
Floriana Methodist church.jpg
Robert Samut Hall is located in Malta
Robert Samut Hall
Robert Samut Hall
35°53′30.8″N 14°30′11.8″E / 35.891889°N 14.503278°E / 35.891889; 14.503278Coordinates: 35°53′30.8″N 14°30′11.8″E / 35.891889°N 14.503278°E / 35.891889; 14.503278
Location Floriana
Country Malta
Denomination Secularized
Previous denomination Methodist Church of Great Britain
History
Former name(s) Wesleyan Methodist Church
Founded 1881
Architecture
Functional status Music Hall
Architect(s) Thomas Mullet Ellis
Style Neo-Gothic
Completed 1883

The Robert Samut Hall is a former Methodist church named Wesleyan Methodist Church located in Floriana, Malta.

The current Neo-Gothic church was built between 1881 and 1883 on designs by architect Thomas Mullet Ellis. It was opened for worship on 18 March 1883. It was the first building in Malta to make use of electricity.

The church was given to the government in the early 1970s. On 4 April 1975, the building was inaugurated as a centre for cultural activities and renamed Robert Samut Hall. The hall houses an interesting 2 manual pneumatic Willis organ.


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