[a] It was subsequently used for a number of purposes, including as an insurgent command base, an official residence, a museum depository and a school.

[2] The building is located close to the Wignacourt Aqueduct, in an area that was originally in the limits of Ħamrun but which later became the separate locality of Santa Venera.

[citation needed] During the French blockade of 1798–1800, Casa Leoni served as a command base for the Maltese insurgent National Congress Battalions.

It was occasionally the host of theatre productions during the stay of Harry Luke and his wife Joyce Fremlin between 1930 and 1938.

[2] Casa Leoni has a small front garden, and its entrance consists of an ornamental arched gateway decorated with the coat of arms of Grand Master Vilhena.

[2] Around the same time as Casa Leoni was constructed, the Manoel Foundation (a foundation responsible for the upkeep of Fort Manoel) also purchased plots of land in the areas of il-Ħamrija and Santa Veneranda, close to the Old Church of Santa Venera, and converted them into gardens.