Saving our heritage since 1965 DATE HERITAGE SITE, LANDMARK, WORK OF ART SPONSORS 1968 Chapel of the Annunciation Hal Millieri, C 1450 Farsons Foundation 1969 Xarolla Windmill, Zurrieq Din l-Art Helwa with Zurrieq Civic Committee 1970 133 Melita St., Valletta, C 1750 ongoing Din l-Art Helwa 1970 Church of Santa Marija of Bir Miftuh, C 1435 Malta International Airport plc 1975/76 Wignacourt Tower 1610, St Paul’s Bay Its Interior (2003) National Tourist Organisation of Malta (now MTA) Bank of Valletta 1980 Chapel...
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...
THE DELIMARA LIGHTHOUSE Location A fifteen minute drive away from the Malta International Airport towards Delimara Point, the extreme southern tip of the Maltese archipelago, we find a landmark building that is an important testimony of Malta’s maritime history, the Delimara lighthouse. The road to the lighthouse skirts the picturesque fishing village of Marsaxlokk and many of the beautiful bays and...
Formerly known as the Msida Bastion Cemetery, this served as a Protestant cemetery from 1806-56. It was restored over a period of ten years and was awarded the Silver Medal by Europa Nostra in 2002. A small museum was added in 2004. This was the main Protestant cemetery in Malta for about fifty years from 1806. Records show that at least...