Hastings Gardens being revived

Hastings Gardens, set on the bastions of Valletta, are being given a new lease of life. Resources and Infrastructure Minister Ninu Zammit, under whose ministry the works are being carried out, said the project includes the installation of a drip...

Hastings Gardens, set on the bastions of Valletta, are being given a new lease of life.

Resources and Infrastructure Minister Ninu Zammit, under whose ministry the works are being carried out, said the project includes the installation of a drip irrigation system.

The project costs Lm220,000 which covers the wages of the workers engaged on the rehabilitation.

Hastings Gardens command breathtaking views of Manoel Island, Msida Creek, Sliema and a good part of the island.

The gardens house a monument built by the Hastings family in remembrance of Francis, Marquis of Hastings, who was a Governor of the island.

Lord Hastings was Viceroy of India until his appointment in Malta in 1824. In 1827, he died on board a ship en route to Naples and his body was returned for burial in these gardens.

In the coming months the ministry will embellish ix-Xaghra ta' Bormla in Cottonera, the minister said.

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