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Rubble walls at Villa Frere, Pietà, where volunteers have been learning how to restore them. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Could Malta’s rubble walls make it to Unesco list of intangible heritage?

Heritage architect files application to have feature added to list

February 1, 2022| Sarah Carabott

Government plans to develop Selmun Palace Hotel into commercial venture

Restoration on tower will kick off by the end of the year

January 31, 2022| Times of Malta

A Mosta farm that evolved into a cultural centre

Joe Bartolo's time leading Ir-Razzett tal-Markiż Mallia Tabone is almost over

January 30, 2022| Joseph Agius

Permit for garage complex next to historic Turkish Cemetery refused

Architect accuses directorate of ‘failed assessment’ in fiery sitting

January 26, 2022| Jessica Arena

Kenneth Gambin being interviewed by Jan Rossi.

Listen: Maritime-related cultural heritage discussed

Malta Maritime Museum undergoing a major rehabilitation project

January 24, 2022| Ganado Advocates

New photos sent to Times of Malta show that Gozo’s Fort Chambray is in no better condition on the inside than on the outside.

Restoration plan in motion for Gozo’s dilapidated Fort Chambray

New photos confirm sad state inside historic fort

January 12, 2022| Mark Laurence Zammit

The Turkish military cemetery, in Marsa. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Turkish embassy alarmed by plans to build garages next to cemetery

Development will risk damage 'that is hard, if not impossible, to repair'

January 11, 2022| Jessica Arena

Workers on site at the former Barracuda restaurant after the PA gave them permission to protect the building from forecasted rain.

PA denies collusion claims on Barracuda restaurant works

Says it monitored the property so no more illegal works are carried out

January 6, 2022| Times of Malta

Workers on site at the former Barracuda restaurant, days after the stop notice was issued.

Planning Authority took three days to halt illegal works on Barracuda building

Mayor claims delay was intentional to allow works on protected building

January 5, 2022| Fiona Galea Debono

The walls of the 18th century fort are slowly falling apart.

Fort Chambray under siege from years of neglect, decay

The stonework has been badly eroded by centuries of wind and sea spray

January 4, 2022| Mark Laurence Zammit

A new bridge was built quite close to the recently discovered embankment and also ended up serving as a dumping ground. Photos: Paul Galea

Foundation warns about damage to railway embankment in Attard

Updated January 10 with SCH reply The Malta Railway Foundation has raised the alarm over damage caused to the remains of a railway embankment in Attard because of work on the Central Link project, but the roads agency insists the structure had not been...

January 1, 2022| Sarah Carabott

In its 2025 strategy document, the council pledges to advocate for increases in public expenditure in arts and culture. File photo: Mark Zammit Cordina

A 'Dragon's Den' for the arts and sabbaticals for artists among council's plans

Arts Council Malta launches consultation on draft 2025 strategy

December 18, 2021| Sarah Carabott

Palazzino Vincenti has been given emergency protection by the Planning Authority. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

St Julian's Palazzina Vincenti given emergency conservation order

Planning Authority describes modernist villa as 'heritage at risk'

December 17, 2021| Giulia Magri

The De Redin sword. Photo: Mdina Cathedral Museum

A passion for swords: Heritage Malta’s latest instalment in series of monographs

Swords of the Religion publication focuses on practical, symbolic use of swords

December 13, 2021| Press Release, Warren Bugeja

Ray Bondin (left) with Fackson Banda, head of the Documentary Heritage Unit of UNESCO.

Order of Malta archive of documents nominated for UNESCO list

Archive could end up on UNESCO Memory of the World List

December 12, 2021| Times of Malta

The much-needed works on the former royal-dwelling kick off late next year. Photo: Heritage Malta

Go to Villa Guardamangia on December 19 if you have a story or photo to share

The former royal-dwelling will welcome public for the very first time

December 10, 2021| Times of Malta

Palazzina Vincenti, right, is "one of the best modernist examples in Malta". Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Heritage watchdog calls for protection of modernist Palazzina Vincenti

Rejection of its proposed demolition strongly recommended

December 7, 2021| Fiona Galea Debono

Watch: No paintings damaged in MUŻA flood, heritage agency maintains

Rainwater seeped through the ceiling last week

December 6, 2021| Times of Malta

Fra Matthew Festing is carried into St John's Co-Cathedral. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

After 246 years, a Grand Master is laid to rest at St John's Co-Cathedral crypt

Fra Matthew Festing will be buried in the cathedral's crypt

December 3, 2021| Jessica Arena, Mark Laurence Zammit

The monument was unveiled on Thursday night. Photo: DOI.

Monument to Joseph Howard, Malta's first prime minister, in Mdina

The statue was unveiled on Thursday

December 3, 2021| Times of Malta

The Atlantic Ocean meets the coast of the Isle of Lewis, on the north-west coast of the Scottish mainland on November 25, 2021. Photos: Andy Buchanan/AFP

Tweed weaves a way from Scottish islands to catwalk

Chanel, Dior, Saint Laurent, Hermes make it a key element of their collections

December 2, 2021| AFP

‘Warrior’, in Old College Street, Sliema, is facing demolition.

Sliema townhouse ‘Warrior’ faces demolition

Apartment block planned instead of Modernist townhouse on Old College Street

November 30, 2021| Fiona Galea Debono

Restorers spotted decorative elements that were completely different from the hall's decorative scheme. Photo: Heritage Malta

Knights-era painting found behind bricked-up arch at Museum of Archaeology

It could shed light on decoration of the Auberge de Provence's Gran Salon

November 29, 2021| Times of Malta

This tin ring has an intriguing story behind it.

Watch: The tin ring and bloody parchment at the archives

Stories behind Malta's hidden treasures

November 28, 2021| Sarah Carabott

Baroness Ramsay Scicluna dies aged 73

She spearheaded the renovation of Naxxar's Palazzo Parisio

November 26, 2021| Times of Malta

The human-headed sphinxes along the 2700-metre-long "Rams Road" leading from the Temple of Luxor to the Karnak Temple further north. Photo: AFP

Egypt unveils Pharaonic 'Rams Road' at Karnak Temple

Egypt unveiled on Thursday a road lined with hundreds of ram-headed sphinx statues dating back more than 3,000 years, in a grandiose night-time ceremony at Karnak Temple in archaeologically-rich Luxor. Dubbed the "Rams Road", the sandstone-paved path...

November 25, 2021| AFP

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