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ViGiLO - Din l-Art Ħelwa ISSUE 57 • MAY 2022
Restoration
Report Stanley Farrugia Randon
The Din l-Art Ħelwa Restoration and Maintenance Committee is composed of Maria Grazia Cassar, Josie Ellul Mercer and myself. However our efforts are useless without the help and advice of the rest of the committee. Without the hard work of our Treasurer Martin Scicluna (who resigned from this post in February due to other commitments), Secretary General Simone Mizzi and our office manager Rosanne Zerafa, Din l-Art Ħelwa would be unable to obtain the necessary funding for such projects.
u Għallis Tower In 2017 Din l-Art Ħelwa applied to the Planning Authority for the restoration of the external walls of Għallis Tower. Thanks to Gal Majjistral Foundation, Din l-Art Ħelwa obtained funding to start and complete works on this seventeenth-century watchtower (see p. 48–49). Works involved some changing of stones, the pointing of all the external walls, changing of the batteries of the solar panels, restoration of the metal gate on the upper floor and pointing of the internal walls. The solar panels provide electricity to light the external walls as well as the interior of the tower.
u Ħal Millieri Chapel Once more part of the rubble wall surrounding the pathway in front of the medieval chapel of Ħal Millieri collapsed following bad weather. This had to be repaired. Three of our properties—Mamo Tower, Ħal Millieri chapel and the White Tower—are partly surrounded by rubble walls which require frequent and costly maintenance.
