George Camilleri

Din l-Art Helwa 20 October 2009 Din l-Art Helwa, National Trust of Malta, has presented its newest publication, the Maltese Endemic Flora Calendar 2010,to eminent Maltese botanist, Edwin Lanfranco. Created by the heritage organisation as tribute to Mr. Lanfranco’s lifetime work in the field of research into the flora and fauna of the Maltese islands, the calendar is based on his...

SUBTERRANEAN VALLETTA – A HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS BY ARCHITECT EDWARD SAID   Following the success of the last public lecture on Subterranean Valletta by Architect Edward Said, Din l-Art Helwa will be launching its autumn cycle of cultural talks with another presentation by Architect Said on this highly topical subject. With the assistance of various entities, particularly the Valletta Rehabilitation Committee,...

Times of Malta, 6 September 2009 – Din l-Art Ħelwa has won the Body Shop Foundation’s award for the greening of areas around the historic sites managed by the organisation. Areas around the Delimara Lighthouse and Foresta 2000 below the Red Tower in Mellieħa will benefit from the award. Together with Birdlife Malta and the Rural Affairs Ministry, Din l-Art Ħelwa manages the...

Din l-Art Helwa announces the launch of its 2009 Built and Natural Heritage Journalism Award Scheme for journalistic publications that have made an outstanding and significant contribution to the better appreciation of the built and natural environment of the Maltese Islands within the last year. This scheme consists of two awards: the first will deal with articles regarding Malta and Gozo’s...

The Din l-Art Helwa Award for Architectural Heritage 2009 is now open for entries. The Award has been designed to encourage better architecture by rewarding any building project that made an outstanding and significant contribution to architectural excellence in a Maltese context, and that the project sends a clear message that old buildings can be successfully restored and converted to...

Maltatoday, 16 August 2009, by James Debono A military battery on the Gozitan promontory between Qbajjar and Xwejni is still in private hands, even if the government’s lease granted to Rooks Ltd expired in February 2003. The tower, built in 1716 by engineers Jacques de Camus D’Arginy and Bernard de Fontet, was being used as a bar and restaurant. The tower was...

Department of Information, Malta – Press Release 7 August 2009 Il-bierah is-Segretarju Parlamentari għall-Erarji Pubblici u Artijiet, l-Onor. Jason Azzopardi għadda t-Torri tax-Xlendi lill-Kunsill Lokali tal-Munxar flimkien ma’ Din l-Art Helwa. Din hija l-ewwel darba li saret devoluzzjoni ta’ sit pubbliku lil zewg entitajiet flimkien, biex jikkollaboraw għal għan komuni. Prezenti waqt...

The Malta Independent on Sunday, 17 July 2009 Marsovin launched its new range of La Torre wines. These wines were launched at Hastings Gardens in Valletta by the chairman of Din L-Art Helwa, Martin Galea. La Torre is a range of wines dedicated to the towers originally built by the Knights of the order of St John. The range consists of seven...