Din l-Art Helwa’s first public lecture of the year is due to be held on Thursday 14th January, at 6 p.m. at 133 Melita Street, Valletta. This is being given by Dr. Charles Savona Ventura and is entitled ‘Medical Facilities for Seamen during the British Period: 1800 to 1979’. Professor Charles Savona Ventura studied at St Aloysius College going up to...
13 December 2009, in TOWN magazine with the Malta Independent on Sunday National Trust Din l-Art Helwa relies heavily on corporate sponsorship to fund its many and diverse restoration projects, which have saved key heritage buildings and even statues from the deleterious effects of time and environmental pollution. PETRA BIANCHI, the organisation’s vice-president, describes the situation. Since 1965, Din l-Art Helwa has...
‘FORGOTTEN ISLETS’ AND ‘IC-CIMETERJU B’GHAJNEJN OHRA’ WIN AWARDS FOR HERITAGE JOURNALISM 2 December 2009 – Din l-Art Helwa has announced the 2009 Built and Natural Heritage Journalism Awards to those journalists whose publications most raised awareness on Malta’s built and natural heritage in the last year. There were fifteen entries: eleven in English and four in Maltese coming from The Times,...
11 December 2009 Martin Scicluna, Vice President of Din l-Art Helwa, today announced the winners of the 2009 Architectural Heritage Awards which were presented by President Emeritus Professor Guido de Marco. The Din l-Art Helwa Award Scheme was set up primarily to encourage better architecture. Din l-Art Helwa wanted to reward any building project that made an outstanding contribution to architectural excellence...
The monthly cultural presentation organised by Din l-Art Helwa on Thursday, 10th December is a talk by Krista Paris on the Statue-Menhirs of Prehistoric Sardinia which will illustrate the results of research and studies made on the 250 menhirs discovered on the island, their shapes, iconography, context and location. Statue-menhirs are megalithic standing stones consisting of a carved human or...
A Clean-Up activity will be held at il-Majjistral Nature and History Park on 12 December 2009 – everyone is encouraged to come and participate! The area to be cleaned is a stretch of road leading from Manikata to ix-Xaghra tal-Qortin. 10.00– meeting at Manikata Church, followed by Clean Up activity 12.30– Refreshments 13.00– Tree planting (Olive trees) This activity is being held in collaboration with...
Pen and Ink Watercolours and Limited Edition Prints Venue: Auberge de Castille, Valletta Artist Kenneth Zammit Tabona has created an unusual set of 12 paintings and their limited edition prints, depicting 12 heritage sites and landmarks saved through restoration by Din l-Art Helwa. The set also features character portraits of historic personalities connected with each site, and each painting records the date...
Tuesday, 24. November 2009, 18:00 – 19:30 The Din l-Art Helwa Gozo Branch are organising a presentation by restoration architects Ivana Farrugia and Norbert Gatt, entitled ‘An Assault upon the Citadel’. This will include an overview of the interventions that will be carried out at the Cittadella in Gozo between 2007-2013 under the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund). The presentation is being...
After the great success achieved last year, the prestigious and historic Auberge d’Aragon, Pjazza Indipendenza, Valletta will once again be the venue of the traditional autumn concert organised annually by Din l-Art Helwa. The concert will be held on Friday 27th November at 7.30 pm. The beautiful Auberge d’Aragon is being made available to us for this purpose thanks to the...
