Ta' Ganu Windmill (also known as Tal-Maħlut Windmill) is an eighteenth century windmill in Birkirkara, Malta.[1] It was built in 1724 by the António Manoel de Vilhena Foundation.[2] "Maħlut", the alternative name also used for it historically, is the Maltese word for a mixture of wheat and hops used for making bread.[2]
By the end of the 1920s, the windmill was no longer in use for its originally intended purpose and served only as a place of residence.[3] During World War II it was used as an air raid shelter, and it became a blacksmith's workshop in the 1970s.[3]
After a period of abandonment, the windmill was entrusted to Maltese artist Gabriel Caruana who renovated it and turned it into a venue for art exhibitions that was inaugurated in 1990.[4]
