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My name is Katrina Mifsud. I live in Birzebbugia, Malta. I'm 15 years old and for the last 4 years I attended an Art Course at Agius Art School in Fgura Malta during the evenings. During my art course I achieved many techniques in Art and Design. The course helped me a lot to achieve more goals for a good result in the Matsec Art O-level examinations in the University of Malta. Recently I passed from all examinations. During these years I learned how to do an imaginative picture making and I had many practice through observation (Still life) I had a lot of opportunites with the help of our Head Teacher, Mr Carmel Charles Agius who frequently organise many exhibitions in our Country. In the future I am going to continue studying Art. Through the great cooperation of Jozef Chelmonski Secondary School of Fine Arts. I was a chosen student to take this beautiful experience in Poland. This is my first experience to exhibit my work of Art in a Foreigner Country and I painted 2 painting on Canvas. The Tritons’ Fountain which is in the capital city of Malta and the Barbican in Warsaw, Poland. As an appreciation I would like to give one of my paintings to your school ‘The Tritons Fountain’. Thank You for the nice experience you gave us. Warsaw Barbican in Poland People began living in Warsaw in the 13th century. By the 15th century, Warsaw had grown enough to be called a city. It became the capital of Poland in 1596. The Warsaw Barbican is a complex network of historic fortifications. It is located between the Old and New Towns, also it is a major tourist attraction. In 1540 the tower was built in a place of an older gate so they can protect Nowomiejska street. Also an Italian architect Jan Baptist designed this! The barbican had the form of three-level semicircular bastion named by fusiliers, which surrounded the city walls. The 4-tower barbican became an anachronism serving virtually no practical purpose. This was largely a result of happening in a short time in advancement in artillery power. It was used in the defense of the city only once, during the Swedish military of Poland. In June 1656, when it had to be recaptured by the Polish army of Polish king John II Casimir from the Swedes. In the 18th century, the barbican was partially dismantled as its defensive value was negligible, and the city benefited more from a larger gate which facilitated movement of people and goods in and out of the city. In the 19th century, its remains were incorporated into newly built apartment buildings. And also in 1937–1938, Jan Zachwatowicz reconstructed part of the walls and the western part of the bridge, demolishing one of the newer buildings in the reconstruction process. However, a lack of funds delayed the barbican's planned complete reconstruction, and a year after invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany put the plans on hold. Also during World War II, particularly the Siege of Warsaw (1939) and the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, the barbican was largely destroyed, as were most of the Old Town's buildings. It was rebuilt after the war, during 1952–1954, on the basis of 17th-century etchings, as the new government decided it would be cheaper to rebuild the barbican and the nearby city walls as a tourist attraction than to rebuild the tenements. In its reconstruction, bricks were used from historic buildings demolished in the cities of Nysa and Wrocław, most of the barbican was rebuilt, save for two exterior gates and the oldest tower on the side of the Old Town. It is currently a popular tourist attraction. Tritons’ Fountain In Malta [Il-Funtana tat- Tritoni] Tritons’ fountain is located in capital city of Malta, Valletta. It was designed and constructed between 1952 till 1559. It consists of three bronze Tritons holding up a large basin, balanced on a concentric base built out of concrete and clad in travertine slabs. The fountain is one of Malta's most important Modernist landmarks. Also tourists from around the world like to take photos or put some coins for luck! As well the fountain was used as a stage for National Celebrations named 'Mill-Maltin għall-Maltin' and is popularly believed that it might have contributed to the dramatic collapse of the sculptural group on Wednesday 1 March 1978. The fountain deteriorated in subsequent decades, until the bronze figures were dismantled and restored in 2017. Works were ready by the end of the year, and the fountain and piazza were officially inaugurated on 12 January 2018. The fountain consists of three bronze figures of mythological Tritons holding up a platter. Two of the Tritons are sitting, while the third one is kneeling, and they are balanced on a seaweed base. The face of each Triton is visible when viewed from City Gate. Their posture gives a sense of strength as well as spiral movement, which contribute to the monumentality of the fountain The figures of the Tritons represent Malta's links with the sea, and their design was inspired by the Fontana Delle Tartarughe in Rome. The Triton figures began to be dismantled on 4 February 2017 and they were later sent to Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry in Florence to be cleaned. A steel structure has been built inside the figures so as to support the weight of the plate, and each figure is now covered in microcrystalline wax for protection and was painted in azurite blue as was their original colour in 1959. The massive base of the fountain was restored by the De Feo Restauri of Rome, a specialized company in restoration of monuments. A new plant room has been constructed, which is connected to the new pump room through a tunnel. The restored Triton figures were sent back to Malta and reinstalled in August 2017, and renovation works of the surrounding square continued until the end of the year. The restored fountain was officially inaugurated on 12 January 2018, by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. The works were completed a week ahead of Valletta taking its position as european Capital of Culture 2018. It was stated that the restoration cost amounted to €4.5 million. .

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