George Camilleri

Din l-Art Helwa members are advised that the Association’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 28th February 2009 at 11.00 am, at 133 Melita Street, Valletta. All members are strongly encouraged to attend. The meeting should not take longer than 1 hour and will be followed by refreshments. ...

Malta Independent on Sunday, 8 February 2009, by Noel Grima As far back as 1583, a legend existed in Gozo about Ghar ix-Xih, literally The Cave of the Old Man, but possibly also The Cave of the Sheik. The legend is about a popular judge who used to sit in judgement on people accused of thefts. For a long time the legend was...

Next in the autumn series of cultural presentations organized by Din l-Art Helwa is a presentation by Martina Caruana on Thursday February 12th, covering educational programmes in Malta for conservation and restoration. The presentation will take a look at the Cultural Heritage Act in terms of the citizens’ and institutions’ obligations in relation to the preservation of cultural heritage and will...

A presentation on The Mgarr ix-Xini Valley Regional Park Project organised by Din l-Art Helwa is being given by Dr. Nicholas Vella, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Classics and Archaeology at the University of Malta on the 4th February, at the Gozo Ministry, St. Francis Square, Gozo, at 6 p.m.   The lecture will cover the current findings resulting from the...

On Thursday 11th December, Dr Stephen C. Spiteri will be giving a talk entitled ‘The Medieval Defences of Mdina’, as one of Din l-Art Helwa’s monthly public lectures.   With its bastions and ramparts, Mdina comes across largely as a fortess from the gunpowder age – a Baroque fortified city with its triumphal entrances, sleek ramparts and outer works. Only a few...

Times of Malta, 1st December 2008, by Fiona Galea Debono World-renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano is likely to be back to develop Valletta’s City Gate after the government resumed contact with him, The Times has learnt. Attempts to re-establish contact with Mr Piano started during the previous legislature but the effort has recently been intensified, paving the way for the design of...

Times of Malta, 29 November 2008, by Cynthia Busuttil Two car parks will be built on either end of the popular Għadira bay if the government goes ahead with its plan to replace the existing road, The Times has learned. The Transport Ministry said plans have not yet been finalised but the car parks will “almost certainly” not be underground. One car park...

Sunday Times of Malta, 24th November 2008, by Herman Grech A proposal to build a new road in Ghadira would cut right through environmentally sensitive sites and threaten the viability of a major tourist complex, according to those opposing the project. Sections of the road would intersect the Foresta 2000 project site as well as running virtually alongside the Danish Village complex...

Times of Malta, 22nd November 2008, by Lisa Gwen Baldacchino Restoration works on a medieval church in Siggiewi, which had been abandoned for about 300 years, have been commended by Din l-Art Helwa. The government’s Restoration Unit, which did 10 months of painstaking work to save the village’s first parish church from further decay, yesterday was presented with the Silver Medal Trophy...