Etching of Gourgion Tower

The Fondazzjoni Belt Victoria is issuing an original etching by Italian artist Rosalia Ferreri in a limited edition of 99 numbered copies, of the Gourgion Tower.

The tower, built by nobleman Giovanni Gourgion and inaugurated by Grand Master Adrien de Wignacourt in 1690, stood at Xewkija till June 1943 when it was dismantled by American troops stationed there during World War II to construct a temporary airstrip to be used in the invasion of Sicily. Today, only some photos and some architectural details of this tower remain. More information on the tower can be obtained from Joseph Calleja and Frans Zammit Haber's The Gourgion Tower (Midsea Publications, 1997).

Rosalia Ferreri, lives and works in Taranto, Italy. She graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Lecce, and has been an active artist since the early 1970s. Ferreri uses a wide range of media: from oils to water-colours, from tempra to graphic art. However, she excels in etching, a form of art which she has already used to depict Maltese landscapes.

Copies of the foundation's The Gourgion Tower, at Lm30 each, may be obtained by sending a cheque together with name, address and ID card number to Fondazzjoni Belt Victoria, 39, St George's Square, Victoria. For more information phone 2155-6377, 7949-2555, 9985-3172.