Robert Samut Hall | |
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Sala Robert Samut | |
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35°53′30.8″N 14°30′11.8″E / 35.891889°N 14.503278°ECoordinates: 35°53′30.8″N 14°30′11.8″E / 35.891889°N 14.503278°E | |
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.