Auberge d'Aragon, Birgu

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{{Infobox building

| name = Auberge d'Aragon

| native_name = Berġa ta' Aragona

| native_name_lang = mt

| image = Auberge de France, Birgu 01.jpg

| image_caption = Auberge d'Aragon (right),
next to Auberge de France (left)

| coordinates = {{coord|35|53|18.8|N|14|31|23|E|display=inline,title}}

| status = Intact with some alterations

| building_type = Auberge

| architectural_style =

| location = Birgu, Malta

| address = No. 28–30, Hilda Tabone Street

| start_date = 16th century

| owner = Private

| material = Limestone

| floor_count = 2

}}

The Auberge d'Aragon ({{langx|mt|Berġa ta' Aragona}}) is an auberge in Birgu, Malta. It was built in the 16th century to house knights of the Order of Saint John from the langue of Aragon, Navarre and Catalonia.

The auberge was located within Birgu's collachio, adjacent to Auberge d'Auvergne et Provence and Auberge de France. The building is two stories high, and it has a central doorway and two balconies. The building housed the Langue of Aragon until a larger Auberge d'Aragon was built in Valletta sometime after 1571.{{cite web|last1=Zahra|first1=Lorenzo A.|title=The Spanish Langues and Auberges of the Order in Birgu|url=http://www.vittoriosahistorica.org/Leaflets/Auberge-de-Castille-Leon-et-Portugal.pdf|website=Vittoriosa Historical & Cultural Society|publisher=Veritas Press|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704164025/http://www.vittoriosahistorica.org/Leaflets/Auberge-de-Castille-Leon-et-Portugal.pdf|archivedate=4 July 2016}}

Part of the façade is now covered with stone slabs, but the auberge still retains its original character. The building is now privately owned.

The building was included on the Antiquities List of 1925, together with the other auberges in Birgu.{{cite web|title=Protection of Antiquities Regulations 21st November, 1932 Government Notice 402 of 1932, as Amended by Government Notices 127 of 1935 and 338 of 1939. |url=https://www.mepa.org.mt/file.aspx?f=2627 |website=Malta Environment and Planning Authority |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419101304/https://www.mepa.org.mt/file.aspx?f=2627 |archivedate=19 April 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy }} It was scheduled as a Grade 1 national monument on 22 December 2009,{{cite news|title=Auberge D'Aragon|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20121122/environment/Auberge-D-Aragon.446372|work=Times of Malta|date=22 November 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423154806/http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20121122/environment/Auberge-D-Aragon.446372|archivedate=23 April 2016}} and it is also listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands.{{cite web|title=Auberge d' Aragon|url=http://www.culturalheritage.gov.mt/filebank/inventory/01161.pdf|website=National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands|date=28 December 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080710/http://www.culturalheritage.gov.mt/filebank/inventory/01161.pdf|archivedate=8 December 2015}}