Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna - the Malta Heritage Trust has formally written to the Planning Authority to object to development application PA/08237/25 concerning the proposed conversion of Villa Careel at 3, Triq il-Karmnu with Triq Sant'Anglu, San Giljan into a guest house and the building of two apartment blocks in its mature and spacious garden. Villa Careel stands at the heart of St. Julian's Urban Conservation Area. Besides being a traditional Maltese mansion of great archite

Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna is shocked by the announcement that a commercial application has been made to convert the lower floor—the oldest part—of the ancient Palazzo Sofia, built in 1233 in Mdina, into yet another two catering outlets in the Silent City. Palazzo Sofia is one of the oldest buildings still standing in Mdina, having survived various earthquakes, sieges, and modern depredations. Over the past decades, Mdina has been over-commercialised, which has sadly degraded its

Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna welcomes with satisfaction yesterday’s announcement by the Prime Minister, Dr Robert Abela, that the Government intends to reclaim the historic forts of Tigné in Sliema, Manoel in Gżira and San Salvatore in Kalkara from their present owners so that, together with Fort Campbell in Mellieħa, they may be restored and opened to the public. For the past 40 years, FWA has consistently recommended this approach to the safeguarding of the many historic forts th