It was built in the Baroque style between 1726 and 1728, to designs of the French architect Charles François de Mondion.

The Corte Capitanale was built between 1726 and 1728 along with the rest of Palazzo Vilhena, the Grand Master's official residence in Mdina.

[1] Its linking to the palace was a symbolic gesture to convey the fact that the courts were under the jurisdiction of the Order of St. John.

The courthouse was also linked to the Bishop's Palace through a now-blocked underground passage, indicating the Church's role in the courts.

[3] In 1813 Civil Commissioner Alexander Ball terminated and transferred the judicial power of the Corte Capitanale of Mdina to the Castellania in Valletta.