safeguarding our heritage for future generations Din l-Art Helwa, National Trust of Malta, is a non-governmental, not-for-profit, voluntary organisation founded in 1965 to safeguard the historic, artistic and natural heritage of Malta. Since its foundation, Din l-Art Helwa has restored and managed numerous cultural sites of immense historic and environmental importance. We promote the preservation and protection of historic buildings and monuments, the character of our towns and villages, and places of natural beauty and importance and the flora and fauna of such places, especially in relation to the problems arising from modern urban development. We stimulate the enforcement of existing laws and the enactment of new ones for the protection of our natural and built heritage. |
LAST JUDGEMENT FRESCO AT BIR MIFTUH RESTORED
| Thanks to the generous sponsorship from Malta International Airport plc, thirty years after the first intervention, the much needed restoration of the fresco depicting the Last Judgement, on the internal western wall, has been completed. Click here to see a slideshow of the amazing work our restorers are doing.  |
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APPEAL FOR VOLUNTEERS FROM DIN L-ART HELWA
Din l-Art Helwa, heritage NGO, is needing volunteers to help it keep the historic Red Tower in Mellieha and the Wignacourt Tower in St Paul’s Bay open for longer hours during the summer months. If you wish to volunteer a few hours a week, mornings or afternoon, if you like meeting people from different countries, these two exciting historic places are located in splendid locations and are waiting for you. All funds raised through visitor admissions help Din l-Art Helwa maintain these buildings for the nation. Even a few hours will help. For more information please call the Din l-Art Helwa office, on 21225952 between 8.30 and 12.30. Training will be given on the job.
Din -Art Helwa and Eco-Gozo |  Assistance Schemes for projects by Local Councils, Administrative Committees and NGOs contributing towards the implementation of the Eco-Gozo Action Plan (2010 -2012).
Din l-Art Helwa have the pleasure to announce that the Ministry for Gozo has approved a project to install Interpretation Panels and Audio Visual Equipment for Heritage Buildings in Gozo & Comino plus a Heritage DVD of these islands. The buildings in question are St Mary's Tower and St Mary's Battery on Comino, Xlendi Tower and Qala Battery in Gozo.
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