Kindly Sponsored by Malta International Airport plc Thirty years after the first intervention, the much needed restoration of the fresco depicting the Last Judgement, on the internal westernwall, has been completed. This work was generously sponsored by M.I.A. p.l.c., who have been involved with the restoration of the church ofBir Miftuh since...
FIMBank will be sponsoring the conservation of the nine monuments which adorn the Maglio Gardens in Floriana, better known to the Maltese as “il-Mall”. The project will be coordinated by Din l-Art Helwa. The Maglio Gardens date to the time of Grand Master Lascaris (1636-1657), and it is recorded that he built these as a recreational area for the knights, where...
The area in the North West of Malta, which includes the coastal cliffs known as Rdum Majjiesa and Rdum id-Delli, as well as site at Xagħra l-Ħamra, was declared a National Park by the Government of Malta by Legal Notice in September 2007. The Park has taken the name of the region, the Northwest, or Majjistral in the Maltese language. The...
Together with Birdlife Malta and the Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs, Din l-Art Helwa is joint manager of a large site on the Marfa Ridge in Mellieha, which was selected for upgrading and afforestation. The site lies west of the Mellieha-Cirkewwa coast road and stretches further west to the cliffs at the area known as Cumnija. The road running...
Din l-Art Helwa Press Release – 28 November 2008 The Ministry for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications has stated that it intends to build a new road at Ghadira Bay in order to prevent further erosion of the natural beach. It has been reported in the media that Minister Austin Gatt has admitted that this plan to stop beach erosion is not...
DLH PRESS RELEASE 26 FEBRUARY 2011 Simone Mizzi was elected the new Executive President designate of Din l-Art Helwa at the 2011 Annual General Meeting of the organization, taking up the role following Dr Petra Bianchi who moves to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority as Director of Environment Protection. Simone Mizzi has served under five Executive Presidents of Din l-Art Helwa,...
Din l-Art Helwa newsletter February 2011 As society evolves, so do concerns about the urban environment. The impact of traffic on both residential and business areas is a chief preoccupation nowadays. Managing the streets is a complicated issue in urban areas all over the world, and likewise here in Malta. Our streets are congested, and our public transport system is still...
Times of Malta, 5 February 2011 The environment? It is everything that is not I,” said Albert Einstein when asked to define it. Everything we breathe and all we see, the environment is where we are. It brings us the food and water necessary for life. It is our countryside and it is our sea, those precious recreation grounds of both...
Times of Malta, 8th January 2011 Construction all over the island seems to have slowed down and recently there has been less controversy over planning matters. Change in the urban landscape is not a bad thing in itself. There has always been change and, as long as the community prospers, it is natural to expect there will always be. People are wary...
