The castle was built by the Sir Giuseppe Nicola Zamitt in the early nineteenth century as a countryside folly [1]: 186  in the limits of Mġarr in Malta,[2][3] although commercial sources claim that it dates back to 1675.

[1]: 186 [7] The Zammitello Palace is a 19th-century ornate architectural folly, built in imitation of the Tower of London.

[8]: 166 [7] Although it resembles a fortification, according to military architecture expert Stephen C. Spiteri, it is "entirely useless from a defensive point of view".

[9] The names given to the building are a misnomer as it is closely comparable to a country house villa,[10] and its outline is a square-shaped residence designed with typical Victorian architecture.

[10] Notes Media related to Castello Zamittello at Wikimedia Commons