Order of Malta

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme), known as the Sovereign Military Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta, or simply the Sovereign Order of Malta, is a "quasi-State" organization that is an observer at the United Nations. The Sovereign Order of Malta is a "quasi-state" organization that serves as an observer to the United Nations. The Order of Malta is the predecessor of the Order of the Hospital, one of the three Orders of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. The capital of the Order of Malta is the Palace of Malta (a 12,000 square meter building in Rome, Italy).