Heritage Sites managed by Din l-Art Helwa

01 Apr 2022

Chapel of Santa Marija ta’ Bir Miftuh

  This chapel was built in around 1430 and is one of the best preserved examples of a fifteenth-century parish church in Malta. It has some interesting frescoes and provides the ideal setting for the annual Bir Miftuh music festival organised each spring by Din l-Art Helwa. Open first Sunday of the month 9.30 – 12.00 hrs, and by appointment. This Chapel located...

30 Mar 2022

Our Lady of Victory Church, Valletta

In his historical study ‘Descrizione storica delle chiese di Malta e Gozo’ dated 1866, Achille Ferris describes this church in the following manner (in translation): ‘During the ceremony of the laying of the foundation stone of the city of Valletta, which was carried out by Grand Master de Valette on the 28th March, 1566, an altar with a richly ornamented...

10 Mar 2022

THE GĦALLIS AND QALET MARKU TOWERS

THE GĦALLIS AND QALET MARKU TOWERS Click here to view e book None of the towers built by Grand Master De Redin was designed to resist an invading enemy fleet. Their use was primarily intended...

05 Mar 2022

Dwejra Tower, Gozo

THE DWEJRA TOWER, GOZO Location Access to the tower is from a track off the main road to the inland sea. The...

25 Feb 2022

Santa Marija Tower, Comino

Built in 1618 by Grand Master de Wignacourt, it formed part of a system of towers providing defence and communication between the Cittadella in Gozo and Mdina. The Santa Marija Tower on Comino formed part of the early system of towers which the Order set up to facilitate defence and communication between the Cittadella in Gozo and Mdina. It later became...

17 Feb 2022

Xutu Tower

HISTORY AND RESTORATION OF TA’ XUTU TOWER The small watch towers guarding the coastline of Malta and Gozo are historic treasures. Most of them were built by the Order of the Knights of St John to strengthen the defence of our islands or to act simply as look-out posts....