1 comment.Exhibition on Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius De Soldanis
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The Ministry of Gozo, the National Library of Malta, Heritage Malta and the University of Malta are to present an exhibition of works of the 18th century Gozitan scholar Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius De Soldanis, to mark the occasion of the 300th anniversary of his birth
The exhibition will include his pioneering work on the Maltese language, history, archaeology and religious subjects.
The exhibition includes original manuscripts and published books by De Soldanis from the National Library of Malta, the Gozo Public Library, Mdina Cathedral and Capuchins’ Archives and private collectors, as well as archaeological and natural history artefacts related to De Soldanis from the National Collection (Heritage Malta).
The Exhibition will take place in Gozo between the 7th and 23rd of September and is being held at the Exhibition Hall of the Ministry for Gozo, St Francis Square, Victoria.
Entrance to the exhibition is free and opening times are Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 12.30pm.
It will then be held in Malta from the 5th to the 11th of October, at the National Library of Malta, Valletta.
Admission is free and the opening hours are Monday to Fritay 8.30am to 5.00pm and Saturday 8.30am to 1.00pm.
In his manuscripts several times he mentioned water how precess this golden resource was for the Gozitans and he worth about an aquifer at Nadur.