Auberge d'Auvergne was located in
Great Siege Square within
Strada San Giorgio (now known as Republic Street), facing the nave of
St. John's Co-Cathedral. The langue of Auvergne received the authorization to construct the auberge on 8 June 1570, and construction started either in 1571 or 1574. It was completed in around 1583, and the building was constructed to a design of the Maltese architect
Girolamo Cassar. Auberge d'Auvergne was enlarged in 1783, when part of an adjacent 16th-century palace called Casa Caccia was incorporated into the building. The auberge continued to house the langue of Auvergne until 1798, when the Order left Malta due to the
French occupation. {{multiple image|direction=vertical|align=left|width=220 In the 19th century it started to be used as for tribunals and court cases, and became at some point it became known as the "Palace of the Courts of Justice". From 1825 onwards, the auberge housed the
Tribunale di Pirateria and the
Corte di Fallimento, while Governor Sir
Henry Bouverie moved the Civil Courts from the
Castellania to Auberge d'Auvergne in 1840. The courts of criminal jurisdiction and the office of Police were also moved to the auberge in 1853, and a number of alterations were made to the building under the direction of Superintendent of Government Works William Lamb Arrowsmith. In 1886 an earthquake caused significant damage to the building, rendering it partially unsafe. The ground floor of the building was occupied by a number of shops, and in the early 20th century part of it housed the Alhambra Cinema. The building was included on the Antiquities List of 1925 together with the other auberges in Valletta. On 23 May 1930, an assassination attempt occurred in the auberge, when Ġanni Miller fired three shots at Prime Minister
Lord Strickland. On 30 April 1941, during
World War II, the auberge and the adjacent Casa Caccia were hit by a German
parachute mine, and they were severely damaged. but in 1943 they returned to the part of the auberge which was still standing. They remained there until 1956, when the premises had to be vacated due to their dilapidated state. The ruins were subsequently demolished, and
a new courthouse with a
neoclassical design began to be built on the site on 5 May 1965. ==Architecture==