Old University Building ( or '' L-Università l-Antika '' ) , also known as the Valletta Campus , is the original campus of the University of Malta , located adjacent to the Church of the Jesuits in Valletta , Malta . Construction of the building began in 1595 , and it originally housed a Jesuit college known as the '' Collegium Melitense Societatis Jesu '' . The building had to be repaired after being damaged in an explosion in 1634 and an earthquake in 1693
earthquake in 1693
1693 Sicily earthquake
Old University Building, Valletta