ViGiLO - Din l-Art Ħelwa
ISSUE 56 • NOVEMBER 2021
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1. Left to right: David Azzopardi, Daniela Cini, Emma Thomas, Catherine Leonard, Albert Attard, Chris Chegwyn. 2. Courtesy visit in Valletta to the Hon Jose Herrera, Minister of Cultural Heritage, the Arts and Local Government. 3. Martin Galea presents Catherine Leonard and Emma Thomas with a copy of the Din l-Art Ħelwa 'Heritage Saved' 50th anniversary publication. 4. During the talk delivered at the Din l-Art Ħelwa offices. Left to right: Martin Galea, Emma Thomas, Catherine Leonard, Simone Mizzi.
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he Secretary General of the International National Trusts Organisation (INTO), Catherine Leonard, together with Emma Thomas, General Manager of Seaton Deleval Hall, a National Trust (UK) heritage property, visited Malta and Gozo at the end of September. The visit was programmed in collaboration with Din l-Art Ħelwa and organised by Council Member Martin Galea specifically to study the Qbajjar Battery at Marsalforn in Gozo which Din l-Art Ħelwa is hoping to restore and turn into a visitor centre for the area. During the trip, Catherine and Emma also visited heritage sites held in trust by Din l-Art Ħelwa: Our Lady of Victory church in Valletta, the Msida Bastion Garden of Rest, the Majjistral History and Nature Park, the Red Tower and the White Tower in Mellieha, and Dwejra Tower in Gozo. Emma gave a talk on the visitor experience at Seaton Deleval Hall, giving examples of the way such sites can be a productive part of the life of a community. While in Valletta, they paid a courtesy visit to the Hon Jose Herrera, Minister for Cultural Heritage, the Arts and Local Government, together with Din l-Art Ħelwa Secretary General Simone Mizzi, and Martin Galea.
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Reciprocal visiting arrangements at INTO sites Din l-Art Ħelwa members enjoy complimentary visiting rights to national trust properties managed by INTO's organisations. For more information visit https://www.into.org/places/.
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