[9][10] The property was built during the Order of St. John by Count Ignatius Francesco Moscati Falsoni Navarra as a family home and country residence in 1670.

[2] The interior of the building has some of the ceiling covered in frescoes which were painted by Antonio Grech (1758-1819), known as "Naici" (Antonaci).

[18] Since the 19th century the place has become limitedly open to the public with special permission of the owners, starting from the Patron Lorenzo Galea.

[20][3] In the garden is also a small cemetery where British armymen who died during the French occupation of Malta are buried.

The palace should not be confused with Palazzo Bettina[24][25][26] in Birgu, nor Casa Dorell in Valletta;[27] which both belonged to the same family once.