Be the first to comment!Wirt Ghawdex continues to care for 5 historical sites through renewed agreement
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The partnership agreements between the Ministry for Gozo and Planning and the voluntary organisation Wirt Ghawdex have been renewed, through which the NGO will look after and protect five important historical sites located in Gozo for the enjoyment of future generations and will provide access to them.
The Ministry said in a statement that these partnership agreements, which cover a period of ten years, will contribute to the improvement, rehabilitation and restoration of the tangible cultural heritage, will improve the management of the same sites and will increase the appreciation and understanding of the our architectural heritage.
Minister for Gozo and Planning, Clint Camilleri said that today’s signing ”shows the Government’s commitment to what has to do with the protection of cultural heritage and at the same time it is an example of the support that the Government gives to VAs in their work for the benefit of our heritage.
The Minister said he hoped that through these Partnership Agreements, more people, including Gozitan residents, would get to know about these historical sites and the history associated with them.
Dr. Joseph Caruana, President of the Wirt Ghawdex, said that apart from the protection and maintenance of the mentioned historical sites, the association is working so that more Gozitan cultural heritage is preserved and enjoyed by future generations.
This agreement was signed by the Permanent Secretary within the Ministry for Gozo and Planning, John Borg and the President of Wirt Ghawdex Dr. Joseph Caruana. Present were the Minister Clint Camilleri, the Director for Cultural Heritage, John Xuereb and the Vice President of Wirt Ghawdex, Ryan Bajada.
The sites are the Second World War Shelters on the Citadel hill, the Battery, the Porvlista and the Shelters in the Citadel, Dar il Gvernatur in Triq l-Mgarr, Victoria, which is serving as Headquarters of the same NGO, the Mgarr ix-Xini Tower, and the Chapel of Santa Cecilia, in Ghajnsielem, the only medieval chapel that still exists in Gozo, and where the partnership agreement was signed.
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