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English: Malta Kiosk, or Malta Pavilion is located in Yıldız Park to the north side of the wall separating Yıldız Palace. There are also two watching and resting pavilions in the grove being the rear garden of Çırağan Palace from the Abdül Aziz I period. The origin of the name is not certain but it is thought that during the Ottoman era certain parts of palaces were called after the names of conquered places, so this name is given after the conquest of Malta.

Malta Pavilion is an example of secular architecture of the 19th century. The outer facade is painted in yellow and green. The building was constructed by Sarkis Balyas and his brothers. During the Abdül Mecid I period, the architects have been influenced by the European architecture and motifs of nature, flowers, fruits and hunting animal figures have been widely used on the walls. Round marble columns, terraces, bedrooms, wooden and crystal halls have important features like neo-classical, neo-islamic and neo-Ottoman characteristics. The arches in S and C shapes originated from the Rococo style. Columns. palmets or sea shells have been added to the keystones of the arches. The baroque style of the 19th century has been reflected with oval windows, fluted cornices, flushed columns with small tower on ends. The vertical and horizontal elements have been balanced in the Empire style symbolising the Napoleonic period under the influence of Egyptian and Roman architecture.

The pavilion has four entrance doors. When entering from the side-door at the sea, one enters a big hall. There are balconies on the second floor facing the sea. In the middle of the hall there is a marble fountain adorned with a swan. There are big marble vases placed on bases. Four swans around the pool and six fishes placed around the vase embrace each other. There are jets at the tails of the fishes and the heads of the swans spraying water.

Both sides of the marble stairs are ground marble columns from ceilings to the floor. Just near the columns is a big jet ornamented with swans bending down its head to the water as well as leaves and flower designs carved into the marble.

On the upper floor are two small rooms and restrooms around the big hall.

There is a big fireplace in the big halls, surrounded with carved colour flower designs and there are balconies in front of the rooms and hall. The building was used as a hunting and resting pavilion with different hunting animals, flowers, vegetables and fruit motifs.

Two rooms on the upper floor are decorated with flower motifs. The main staircase is double-sided and carved. Sultan Abdül Hamid attached the pavilion to the Yıldız Palace and used it for resting and visiting. Like other pavilions of the Yıldız Palace, the Malta Pavilion has witnessed important historic events.

When the Çırağan raid masterminded by Ali Suavi in 1878 in order to overthrow Murad V failed, Sultan Abdül Hamid send him to this pavilion for security reasons, effectively keeping him there under house-arrest. The trial of Midhat Pasha took place in a tent behind the pavilion.

Following the exile of Sultan Abdül Hamid, Malta Pavilion remained unused for more than 40 years. In 1941, the large grove behind Yıldız Palace was turned into Yıldız Park, transferred to the Istanbul Municipality and openend to the public.

Today it serves as a high-end cafe and restaurant.