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23 Jun 2016

Generous donors encouraged by new tax incentives

CHOIR STALLS AT OUR LADY OF VICTORY CHURCH TO BE RESTORED The 18th C carved wooden choir stalls at Our Lady of Victory Church are to be restored due to a donation from Simonds Farsons Cisk Plc and Farrugia Investments Ltd. to Din l-Art Ħelwa.    This was announced by  Simonds Farsons Cisk Chairman Mr Louis Farrugia who with group officials of...

24 Oct 2015

VOLUNTEER AT TORRI L-AĦMAR

AVVIZ Jinteressak ix-xoghol volontarju? Tista tghinna ghal madwar tlett sighat fil-gimgha? Mela ghaliex ma tigix sat-Torri l-Ahmar tal- Mellieha biex tissieheb ma grupp ta’ voluntiera? Ghandna bzonn nies biex jilqghu...

29 Jun 2015

50 YEARS PROTECTING MALTA’S HERITAGE

Since 1965 Din l-Art Helwa has saved 40 national sites like Our Lady of Victory Church, Valletta, The Red Tower in Mellieha, St Mary’s Tower, Comino with restoration.  We have helped establish areas of natural beauty such as Foresta 2000 and Il-Majjistral Nature and History Park preserving them for future generations.     Our work...

08 Nov 2014

Save the Countryside

Din l-Art Ħelwa’s Save the Countryside campaign aims to show the relevance of biodiversity and the countryside to our daily lives in Malta and for future generations. ...

22 Sep 2013

RESTORATION

A canvas painting representing the Holy Virgin with Child, the infant Jesus is depicted looking towards the viewer, while the Virgin has a serene gaze, as if in contemplation, looking slightly away from the viewer. The painting has now been restored by Amy Sciberras, Din l-Art Ħelwa’s resident conservator and is exhibited at the Church...

16 Nov 2012

RESTORATION

The small canvas painting representing the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Church of Our Lady of Victory has been restored by Amy Sciberras our resident conservator.The strainer and decorative frame were first disinfested. Unstable areas of the paint/preparatory layers were consolidated and deformations were improved. Surface deposits and grime were cleaned and losses were...