Environmental NGO Din L-Art Helwa has joined the call [1] to stop works in the area of Tal-Gherduf Catacombs, in Kercem, Gozo.
It is urging the Planning Authority and the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage to take action and stop all works which, it said, “are currently posing a very imminent threat to Tal-Gherduf Catacombs.”
DLH, in a statement said that, “the site is a vitally important archaeological zone and any disturbance, unless for research purpose,s will be a crime against Malta’s much vaunted cultural heritage.”
The NGO added that “the Catacombs are of crucial importance to Malta’s Late Roman and Early Christian history and merit careful preservation.”
Din L-Art Helwa concluded by saying that “their protection, by means of a buffer zone according to the Gozo and Comino Local Plan, is being undermined by the permit to build a two storey house with a pool within the area.”
Photograph by Wirt Ghawdex