[4] On site was a hunting lodge built in 1733 by Paolo Parisio, and was used as a summer or permanent residence, barracks and a college, before being acquired by the Marquis Scicluna in 1898.

After his death, the building was taken over by the Order of St. John, and it eventually passed into the hands of the Parisio family, who used it as a summer residence.

[6] The Marquis approached architect Annibale Lupi (born 1869) to design and built on site an Art Nouveau mansion.

[1] He commissioned a team of Italian architects, sculptors and painters, led by Carlo Sada [it] (born 1855), to embellish the interior and garden with Sicilian Baroque architecture and Pompeiian art.

Scicluna died on 14 February 1907, before the refurbishment was fully completed, and his family moved back to their original residence in San Pawl tat-Tarġa.

[11] The main ceilings' frescoes were carried by Giacomo Olzai and Filippo Fortunato Venuti, both from Rome[11] and completed by 1902.

"[19] The palace originally had very large gardens, but their size was reduced to make way for part of the former trade fair grounds.

[8] The remaining gardens of the palace contain over 60 species of plants, including Ceiba speciosa, Erythrina crista-galli, Jacaranda and Sapindus.

The tavern was designed to be a wine store, when Naxxar was largely dependent on agriculture bringing high income to farmers.