St John’s Co-Cathedral’s inaugurates Sette Giugno exhibition
A highlight of the display is a previously unstudied collection of funerary ‘cartelloni’
St John’s Co-Cathedral has inaugurated Sette Giugno 1919. Memory and Ritual, an exhibition commemorating the events of June 7, 1919, when social and economic tensions under British colonial rule erupted into unrest in Valletta.
Rising food prices, post-war hardship, unemployment and growing dissatisfaction with the colonial administration culminated in the deaths of four Maltese civilians.
The events of that historic day became a significant chapter in Malta’s journey towards self-government in 1921 and Independence in 1964.
Read more about the exhibition on Times2.