DOCSLIB.ORG

~Mmaso Dingli (159 - 1666)

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
~Mmaso Dingli (159 - 1666) ~mmaso Dingli (159 - 1666) INTRODUZZJONI Ghal kull komunita parrokkjali, il-knisja tar-rahal hija differenti minn kull binja ohra. Il-knisja hija primarjament centru ta' qima u devozzjoni -post lijirrikoncilja dak Ii hu uman ma' I-element religjuz u spiritwali. Dan 1-aspett jagliti importanza mhux zghira lil dan il-bini. Missirijietna wkoll hasbu Ii jkollhom il-knisja taghhom, jew inkella alijar, il-knisja taghna. Ftit aktar minn 350 sena ilu, il-ftit familji Ii kienu jghixu mferrxin fuq 1-gholja tal-Gudja hasbu Ii jkun xieraq Ii jibnu 1-knisja Ii ghal hafna minna tfisser tifkiriet u memorji ta' 1-aktar grajjiet importanti ta' hajjitna. Missirijietna ta' 350 sena ilu hasbu biex jemigraw mill-knisja '1-qadima' ta' Bir Miftuh ujtellghu bi flushom u bl-gharaq ta' gbinhom knisja gdida Ii taliseb gliall-htigijiet spiritwali taghhom, ta' uliedhom u tal-generazzjonijiet 1-ohra ta' warajhom. DAHLA STORIKA Kien zmien interessanti ghall-Gudjani u ghall­ Maltin ta' dak iz-zmien. Wara aktar minn mitt sena fuq gziritna, il-Kavallieri ta' 1-0rdni ta' San Gwann kienu issa ddecidew Ii Malta kienet se tkun il-bazi permanenti taghhom. Wara mitt sena mir-rebha storika fl-Assedju 1-Kbir ta' 1-1565, pajjizna kien issa pajjiz Ii kien difiz bis­ swar u 1-fortifikazzjonijiet u mzejjen b'palazzi u bi knejjes. L-influwenza tal-Kavallieri bdiet tinhass fl-oqsma artistici kollha, specjalment fl-arkitettura, u dan xpruna lill-Maltin biex huma wkoll jippartecipaw f dan il-qawmien artistiku. Il-parrocea ta' Bir Miftuh-dik 1-omm ta' bosta wlied, bdiet bil-mod ii-mod titlef Iii uliedha. Bejn 1-ahhar snin tas-seklu sittax u 1-ewwel nofs tas-seklu sbatax minn Bir Miftuh hargu 1-parrocci 1-opra kollha. Il-Gudja, Ii fil-fatt qatt ma nqatghet minn Bir Miftuh, wirtet il-patrimonju ta' din il-parrocea antika. Imma n-nies ta' dak iz­ zmien hasbu Ii jibnu knisja ohra, ikbar, aktar moderna u aktar qribhom. Sinjuri, nistedinkom tieqfu ftit, Hawnhekk ta' minjieqafjahseb ujirrifletti dwar 1-enormita u d-diffikulta tat-twettiq ta' p,rogett bhal dan: popolazzjoni zghira ta' ftit ghexieren ta' bdiewa u rahhala lijiddeciedu lijibnu bini kbir, gholi u maestuz biex fihjaghtu qima Iii Alla. Id-decizjonijiet Ii kellhomjiehdu kienu multippli u decizivi : 1-ghazla ta' 1-alijar sit biex fih tittella' 1-knisja, kif ser jingabru 1-ammonti kbar ta' flus biexjiffinanzjaw 1-ispejjez, minn fejn serjingieb il-gebel, kif ser jitqassmu 1-irgiel tar-rahal biex kulhadd jaghti hinu u hiltu, minn u kif ser jikteb lill-Kurja biex jaghmel ir-rikors u jgib il-permessi minghand 1-Isqof, meta kien 1-ahjar zmien tas-sena biex jibda x-xoghol, kif ser titqassam il-knisja 1-gdida, minn ser jaghtihom pariri teknici u stilistici, min seta' joffri 1-gliodda tieghu, min ser imexxi x-xoghlijiet bhala kapumastru. IZda forsi 1-aktar decizjoni krucjali u Ii minnha kienu jiddependu d-decizjonijiet 1-ohra kollha kienet din: min kien sejjer jiddisinja 1-pjanta ta' din il-knisja 1-gdida? Kellhom imorru gliand xi perit Ii f dak iz-zmien kien qedjaghmel isem fit-thazziz tal-knejjesjew inkellajsibu lil xi hadd dilettant mill-inhawi, jew forsi mir-rahal stess, biex ihejji din il-pjanta? Fis-sitwazzjoni prezenti taghna llum, 1-ebda evidenza primarja qatt ma ddokumentat min kien il-perit ta' din il-knisja, izda madanakollu xorta wahda ghandna hjiel ta' min seta' kien dak Ii 350 sena ilu, fuq it-talba tal-Gudjani, nejja 1-pjanta ta' din il-knisja. TOMMASO DINGLI Il-hjiel storiku u 1-evidenza stilistikajohduna fuq triq Ii twassal lejn il-perit Tommaso Dingli. Il-kitbiet ta' wiehed mill-istorici ewlenin ta' pajjizna, Achille Ferris, fix-xoghol epokali tieghu "Descrizione Storica delle Chiese di Malta e Gozo" mitbugh fl-1866 isemmi lil Tommaso Dingli bhala 1-perit tal-knisja ta' dan ir-rahal. Certi kittieba ohra aktar ricenti ta' 1-istorja ta' 1-arkitettura Maltija wkoll izommu ma' din il-premessa. Nistghu nghidu Ii ghalkemm f dawn 1-ahhar 15 - 20 sena 1-kontribut ta' Dingli fix-xena arkitettonika Maltija gie ri-ikkunsidrat, 1-attribuzzjoni tieghu ghall-pjanta tal-knisja tal­ Gudja baqghet dejjem soda. Certi frazetti stilistici, kif ukoll numru ta' idjomi arkitettonici jgieghlu biex wiehed jintrabat ma' din il-premessa u jsostni Ii 1-influwenza ta' Dingli, ghalkemm forsi mhux kompluta u esklussiva, tinhass xorta wahda b' sahhitha. Ghaldaqstant ikun xieraq Ii hawnhekk nagnti ftit informazzjoni dwar il-personagg ta' Tommaso Dingli. Misrali il-knisja. Ritratt menud i:irka 1880-1890. Ftit ghandna dokumentazzjoni dwar hajjet Dingli, Tidher il-knisja bil-fai:i:ata originali iida 1-kampnar ta' fuq imma mill-ftit Ii nafu nistghu nsegwu 1-passi il-fai:i:ata kien diga tnenna wara Ji nbena ta' Baker Ii jidher fl-isfond. (Hajr Mario Gatt, Gudja) principali ta' hajtu. Tommaso Dingli twieled f M' Attard fit-22 ta' Dicembru ta' 1-1591 minn Gakbu u Katarina, xebba Tabone. Ma kinitx haga diffiCli Ii Tumas johrog ihobb 1-arti meta wiehed iqis Ii trabba ffamilja artistika, tant Ii missieru kien skultur filwaqt Ii zijuh Andrea kien inginier u perit. Filippo, nu Tumas, kien ukoll pittur. Jekk il-familja tan-naha ta' missieru tat lil Tumas inklinazzjoni artistika, il-familja tan-naha t' ommu taghtu inklinazzjoni religjuza. Fil-fatt, zewg kugini tieghu min-nana t' ommu kienu Dun Marco Tabone (it-tieni kappillan ta' M' Attard) u Patri Angelo Tabone, Dumnikan. Lejn 1-ahhar ta' najtu Tumas izzewweg lil Argenta mis-Siggiewi u kellhom sitt itfal, tlett ibniet u tliet subien, fosthom wiehed, Gwann Battista Ii kien gie ordnat qassis fil-21 ta' Settembru 1652. Tumas Dingli ghex hajja pjuttost twila u miet fit-22 ta' Jannar 1666 fl-eta ta' 75 sena. Indifen fil-knisja parrokkjali ta' M' Attard, taht 1-artal tal-Madonna tad-Duluri. Sfortunatament 1-ebda lapidajew tifkira ma tezisti f dan il-post. IL-KARRIERA TA' DINGLI F'zghozitu, Tumas beda 1-istudji tieghu u 1-apprentistat fil-matematika ma' Matteo Coglitura kif ukoll ma' Giovanni Attard minn Maz-Zebbug. Dan Giovanni Attard kien skultur, u flimkien mieghu, Tommaso ghamel 1-ewwel passi fix-xena artistika. Bejn 1-1610u1-1614, flimkien ma' Attard, Tommaso Dingli hadem fuq 1-Akwedott Ii kien qed jinbena fuq ordni tal-Gran Mastru Alof de Wignacourt biex iwassal 1-ilma mir-Rabat ta' 1-Imdina sal-Belt Valletta. Xoghol iehor importanti attribwit lil Dingli li sar fuq kummissjoni ta' 1-0rdni tal-Kavallieri ta' San gwann kien dak ta' 1-ippjanar tad-dahla principali tal-Belt Valletta - dik Ii kienet magnrufa bhala Porta San Giorgio, u aktar tard bhala Porta Reale. , .;,., , ." ~ : ,. l'! .......'.- . Rrogramm Besla Santa llllarlja - l!OIJ8 k ' -v,,., ~ ;wf:?t;p,.'tJ!f£J!ff "' Attribuzzjoni ohra ta' Dingli fil-Belt Valletta hija dik tal-Palazz ta' 1-Isqof, li nbena mill-IsqofBaldassare Cagliares. Storja interessanti u kurjuza fil-bini ta' dan il-palazz kienet Ii peress li dak iz-zmien 1-Isqof u I-Gran Mastru kienu impikati nafna ma xulxin, kif ukoll minhabba 1-fatt li dak iz-zmien il-bini tal­ Belt Valletta kien fl-aqwa tieghu, 1-Isqof ftit li xejn kien sab bennejja ghall-palazz tieghu. Ghalhekk 1-Isqof iddecieda Ii jaghti t-tonsura lill-haddiema tieghu biex b' hekk jezentahom mis-sudditanza taghhom lejn il-Gran Mastru. Tumas ukoll irCieva t-tonsura u ghalhekk seta' jkompli jahdem ghall-Isqof Cagliares. Kifrajna, Dingli hadem fuq diversi xoghlijiet pubblici. Izda bla dubju ta' xejn Tumas Dingli jibqa' mfakkar 1-aktar ghad-disinni tal­ knejjes parrokkjali li hargu minn idejh jew li huma attribwiti lilu. Jekk wiehed jigbor il-knejjes kollha li huma b' xi mod direttjew indirett.attribwiti lil Dingli, wiehed isib xejn inqas minn seba' knejjes parrokkjali : dik ta' H' Attard, il-knisja 1-qadima ta' B' Kara, il­ knisja 1-qadima tal-Mosta, dik tan-Naxxar, tal-Gharghur, ta' Haz-Zabbar u tal-Gudja. Ftit hija d-dokumentazzjoni li ssostni Il-knisja tal-Gudja bil-faccata 1-antika b'kampnar wielled fil-faccata. 1-attribuzzjonijiet tieghu. Peress li m' Pittura fuq pavaljun tas-seklu XVII (llajr Mario Gatt, Gudja) ghandux dokumenti bil-miktub f hafna mill-kazijiet, allura jkollna nistriehu fuq zewg punti : 1-idjoma stilistika u t-teknika tal-knejjes, kif ukoll iz-zmien li fih dawn inbnew, jigifieri 1-ewwel sittin sena tas-seklu 17. Minn evidenza dokumentata nistghu nistabbilixxu li Dingli kien imharreg sew fis-sengha tal-bini minn mindu kien ghadu tfal. Fil-fatt fil-bidu tal-karriera tieghu Dingli kienjandem bhala 'scalpellino', jigifieri wiehed li jaghmel il-lavur fil-gebla. Skond kuntratt ta' 1-1615, il-parrocca ta' H' Attard kellha thallas lil Dingli (flimkien ma' ohrajn) ghax-xoghol ta' lavur li kien ghamel fil-knisja 1-gdida ta' din il-lokalita. Proprju din il-knisja ta' H' Attard hafna drabi tigi attribwita lil Dingli. Ricentement kien hemm storici li ddubitaw minn din 1-attribuzzjoni peress li Dingli kien ghadu zghir meta din il-knisja inbniet, 1-aktar meta wiehed iqis li din hija meqjusa bhala il-kapolavur ta' Dingli. Il-fatt li hu kien minn H' Attard kif ukoll il-fatt li hu ddokumentat li hadem bhala scalpellino f din il-knisja gnenu biex din il-knisja giet attribwita lilu. Knisja ohra li giet attribwita lil Dingli fil-bidu tal-karriera tieghu kienet dik ta' Santa Marija ta' B' Kara, jew kif inhi maghrufa anjar illum, il-Parrocca 1-Qadima. Stilistikament, din il-knisja tixbah hafna lil dik ta' H' Attard u hija mzejna b' lavur ornamentali u eleganti kemm fuq gewwa kif ukoll fuq barra. Sa llum stess wiehed jista' jara hie-ear kemm dawn iz-zewg lokalitajietjemmnu fl-attribuzzjoni tal-knejjes taghhom ghal Dingli.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Malta & Gozo Directions
    DIRECTIONS Malta & Gozo Up-to-date DIRECTIONS Inspired IDEAS User-friendly MAPS A ROUGH GUIDES SERIES Malta & Gozo DIRECTIONS WRITTEN AND RESEARCHED BY Victor Paul Borg NEW YORK • LONDON • DELHI www.roughguides.com 2 Tips for reading this e-book Your e-book Reader has many options for viewing and navigating through an e-book. Explore the dropdown menus and toolbar at the top and the status bar at the bottom of the display window to familiarize yourself with these. The following guidelines are provided to assist users who are not familiar with PDF files. For a complete user guide, see the Help menu of your Reader. • You can read the pages in this e-book one at a time, or as two pages facing each other, as in a regular book. To select how you’d like to view the pages, click on the View menu on the top panel and choose the Single Page, Continuous, Facing or Continuous – Facing option. • You can scroll through the pages or use the arrows at the top or bottom of the display window to turn pages. You can also type a page number into the status bar at the bottom and be taken directly there. Or else use the arrows or the PageUp and PageDown keys on your keyboard. • You can view thumbnail images of all the pages by clicking on the Thumbnail tab on the left. Clicking on the thumbnail of a particular page will take you there. • You can use the Zoom In and Zoom Out tools (magnifying glass) to magnify or reduce the print size: click on the tool, then enclose what you want to magnify or reduce in a rectangle.
    [Show full text]
  • Entrance to Valletta...Then And
    The Voice of the Maltese (driven by the voice of its readers ) Issue 81 oonnlliinnee mmaaggaazziinnee August 5, 2014 Entrance to Valletta.... then and now Inset is the gate to Valletta as it was prior to 1964 Two pictures that tell a very in - teresting story. On right is Stra- da Reale, Kingsway, before it was adequately renamed as Re - public Street, as pictured from above Porta Reale (Kings Gate) towards the city as it used to be. The other picture (below) sho- ws the new entrance from in - side the city, at the beginning of Tommaso Dingli, during the rule which became "Putirjal" in Mal - Republic Street, until recently of Grandmaster Antoine de Pa- tese, and "Kingsway" in English. known as Freedom Square. ule, replaced Porta San Giorgio . The old gate was pulled down Once inside City Gate, the pic - Dingli's design consisted of a in 1964 to be replaced by the new ture above is how the entrance central archway with a smaller City Gate. It was part of a project used to look like before 1964 arch at each side, and a wooden that never materialised, that of when the main entrance through drawbridge across the deep, redeveloping the entrance to Val - the bastions into the city was dry moat that lies immediately letta and the Royal Opera House. originally known as the Gate of outside the walls of Valletta. Its Italian modernism design was St George and then Porta Reale . In 1853, at the height of British the source of much controversy. It was designed by military en - rule over Malta, a new gate de - It pleased nobody but the people gineer Francesco Laparelli de signed by a certain Col.
    [Show full text]
  • Gazzetta Tal-Gvern Ta' Malta
    Nru./No. 20,685 Prezz/Price €1.44 Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta The Malta Government Gazette L-Erbgħa, 18 ta’ Awwissu, 2021 Pubblikata b’Awtorità Wednesday, 18th August, 2021 Published by Authority SOMMARJU — SUMMARY Avviżi tal-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar ....................................................................................... 8333 - 8360 Planning Authority Notices .............................................................................................. 8333 - 8360 It-18 ta’ Awwissu, 2021 8333 PROĊESS SĦIĦ FULL PROCESS Applikazzjonijiet għal Żvilupp Sħiħ Full Development Applications Din hija lista sħiħa ta’ applikazzjonijiet li waslu għand This is a list of complete applications received by the l-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar. L-applikazzjonijiet huma mqassmin Planning Authority. The applications are set out by locality. bil-lokalità. Rappreżentazzjonijiet fuq dawn l-applikazzjonijiet Any representations on these applications should be sent in għandhom isiru bil-miktub u jintbagħtu fl-uffiċini tal-Awtorità writing and received at the Planning Authority offices or tal-Ippjanar jew fl-indirizz elettroniku ([email protected]. through e-mail address ([email protected]) within mt) fil-perjodu ta’ żmien speċifikat hawn taħt, u għandu the period specified below, quoting the reference number. jiġi kkwotat in-numru ta’ referenza. Rappreżentazzjonijiet Representations may also be submitted anonymously. jistgħu jkunu sottomessi anonimament. Is-sottomissjonijiet kollha lill-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar, All submissions to the Planning
    [Show full text]
  • Of the Central Region of Malta a TASTE of the HISTORY, CULTURE and ENVIRONMENT
    A TASTE OF THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT of the Central Region of Malta A TASTE OF THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT of the Central Region of Malta Design and layout by Kite Group www.kitegroup.com.mt [email protected] George Cassar First published in Malta in 2019 Publication Copyright © Kite Group Literary Copyright © George Cassar Photography Joseph Galea Printed by Print It, Malta No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author and the publisher. ISBN: 978-99957-50-67-1 (hardback) 978-99957-50-68-8 (paperback) THE CENTRAL REGION The Central Region is one of five administrative regions in the Maltese Islands. It includes thirteen localities – Ħ’Attard, Ħal Balzan Birkirkara, il-Gżira, l-Iklin, Ħal Lija, l-Imsida, Tal- Pietà, San Ġwann, Tas-Sliema, San Ġiljan, Santa Venera, and Ta’ Xbiex. The Region has an area of about 25km2 and a populations of about 130,574 (2017) which constitutes 28.36 percent of the population of the country. This population occupies about 8 percent of the whole area of the Maltese Islands which means that the density is of around 6,635 persons per km2. The coat-of-arms of the Central Region was granted in 2014 (L.N. 364 of 2014). The shield has a blue field signifying the Mediterranean Sea in which there are thirteen bezants or golden disks representing the thirteen municipalities forming the Region. The blazon is Azure thirteen bezants 3, 3, 3, 3 and 1, all ensigned by a mural coronet of five eschaugettes and a sally port Or.
    [Show full text]
  • Gazzetta Tal-Gvern Ta' Malta
    Nru./No. 20,563 Prezz/Price €2.70 Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta The Malta Government Gazette L-Erbgħa, 27 ta’ Jannar, 2021 Pubblikata b’Awtorità Wednesday, 27th January, 2021 Published by Authority SOMMARJU — SUMMARY Avviżi tal-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar ....................................................................................... 657 - 712 Planning Authority Notices .............................................................................................. 657 - 712 Is-27 ta’ Jannar, 2021 657 PROĊESS SĦIĦ FULL PROCESS Applikazzjonijiet għal Żvilupp Sħiħ Full Development Applications Din hija lista sħiħa ta’ applikazzjonijiet li waslu għand This is a list of complete applications received by the l-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar. L-applikazzjonijiet huma mqassmin Planning Authority. The applications are set out by locality. bil-lokalità. Rappreżentazzjonijiet fuq dawn l-applikazzjonijiet Any representations on these applications should be sent in għandhom isiru bil-miktub u jintbagħtu fl-uffiċini tal-Awtorità writing and received at the Planning Authority offices or tal-Ippjanar jew fl-indirizz elettroniku ([email protected]. through e-mail address ([email protected]) within mt) fil-perjodu ta’ żmien speċifikat hawn taħt, u għandu the period specified below, quoting the reference number. jiġi kkwotat in-numru ta’ referenza. Rappreżentazzjonijiet Representations may also be submitted anonymously. jistgħu jkunu sottomessi anonimament. Is-sottomissjonijiet kollha lill-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar, All submissions to the Planning Authority,
    [Show full text]
  • Building Science and Professional Ethics in Nineteenth-Century Ecclesiastical Architecture in Malta
    BUILDING SCIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE IN MALTA Lino BIANCO∗ Abstract. This article addresses architectural practice in the nineteenth century through a case study in ecclesiastical architectural history, namely, the Mosta Rotunda, based on primary sources written by the architect. A public technical commission was appointed to assess the design’s structural feasibility, especially with regards to the suitability of local stone to build a domed roof. With respect to professional conduct, an incident involving unsuitable work carried out in the architect’s absence and his robust response reinforces the architect’s responsibility for ensuring on-site masons executed their assignment as directed. The incident also highlights that if the client insisted upon alterations that did not match the architect’s design, the architect would be free to officially relinquish his position as the professional liable for the project. Keywords: Church history, professional ethics, building science, James Fergusson, Giorgio Grognet, Mosta Dome, Malta. Introduction After Suleiman I drove the Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St John out of Rhodes, the Spanish King Charles V handed them the Maltese Islands in 1530. They made the archipelago their domain, with Italian as the official language. Their rule came to an end in 1798, when the sovereignty of the islands was handed over to the French Republic. The French stay in Malta, though brief, was marked by landmark political and social reforms, including the abolition of feudal rights and privileges and the abolition of slavery. Public primary and secondary education was introduced and the university was replaced by an “École Centrale” with eight chairs, all scientific in nature, covering disciplines ranging from stereometry to physics and chemistry.
    [Show full text]
  • Gazzetta Tal-Gvern Ta' Malta
    Nru./No. 18,796 Prezz/Price €4.32 Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta The Malta Government Gazette Il-Ġimgħa, 26 ta’ Awwissu, 2011 Pubblikata b’Awtorità Friday, 26th August, 2011 Published by Authority SOMMARJU — SUMMARY Notifikazzjonijiet tal-Gvern ............................................................................................. 10,125 - 10,148 Government Notices ......................................................................................................... 10,125 - 10,148 Avviżi tal-Pulizija ............................................................................................................ 10,148 - 10,150 Police Notices .................................................................................................................. 10,148 - 10,150 Avviżi lill-Baħħara ........................................................................................................... 10,150 - 10,153 Notices to Mariners .......................................................................................................... 10,150 - 10,153 Opportunitajiet ta’ Impieg ................................................................................................ 10,153 - 10,161 Employment Opportunities .............................................................................................. 10,153 - 10,161 Avviżi tal-Gvern ............................................................................................................... 10,162 - 10,168 Notices .............................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Mosta: Pastoral Visits, Plague, and the Erection of a New Parish (1575-1619)
    GEORGE CASSAR The life of a rural village – Mosta: pastoral visits, plague, and the erection of a new parish (1575-1619) A visit by an apostolic delegate become effective in Malta and Gozo.2 Along the year 1575, the Apostolic Visitor executed It was an unexceptional reality in Malta of the his responsibility of going round all the parishes of Hospitallers, for the bishops and the grandmasters the island, noting down what he saw and heard. He did to be on what may at best be termed as ‘less than not keep back from giving advice and issuing orders as amicable relations’. The relationship between Bishop befitted his position and according to the papal brief. Martin Royas de Portalrubio and Grandmaster Jean l’Evesque de la Cassiere was no exception. During By 30 January 1575, with his visit to the matrix the first decades of the Order’s rule, the bishop in of Naxxar conclude, proceed to examine the filial Malta also acted as inquisitor on the island. Then, churches and chapels in the villages of Casal Gregorio following the term of Domenico Cubelles (1562-65), (in Maltese, Ħal Għargħur) and Casal Musta (in after a lapse of eight years during which the islands Maltese, il-Mosta). first experienced a months-long ruthless Ottoman siege, dubbed as the Great Siege of 1565, and then The village of Mosta entered the building spree which was to see the birth and its principal church of a new fortified city named Valletta, a new inquisitor was appointed. Thus Royas, Bishop of Malta, took In the rural village of Mosta the Apostolic Visitor up the episcopal position which he would occupy recorded that there were 116 places of residence which between 1572 and 1577.
    [Show full text]
  • MDINA La Citta' Notabile the Noble City
    MALTESE E-NEWSLETTER 197 December 2017 MDINA La Citta’ Notabile The Noble City MDINA THE OLD AND SILENT CITY OF MALTA www.ozmalta.com 1 MALTESE E-NEWSLETTER 197 December 2017 MDINA – OLD CAPITAL CITY OF MALTA CITTA’ NOTABILE The history of Mdina traces back more than 4000 years. According to tradition it was here that in 60 A.D. that the Apostle St. Paul is said to have lived after being shipwrecked on the Islands. Furthermore it is said that St. Paul resided inside the grotto know as Fuori le Mura (outside the city walls) now known as St. Paul's Grotto in Rabat. Lamp lit by night and referred to as "the silent city", Mdina is fascinating to visit for its timeless atmosphere as well as its cultural and religious treasures. Mdina has had different names and titles depending on its rulers and its role but its medieval name describe it best - ‘Citta' Notabile': the noble city. It was home then, as now, to Malta's noble families; some are descendants of the Norman, Sicilian and Spanish overlords who made Mdina their home from the 12th century onwards. Impressive palaces line its narrow, shady streets. Mdina is one of Europe's finest examples of an ancient walled city and extraordinary in its mix of medieval and baroque architecture. Like nearby Mdina, Rabat played a major role in Malta's past and is a prime source of its cultural heritage. This large provincial township was part of the Roman city of Melita, with the sites and archaeological relics found testifying to the town's importance during the Roman period.
    [Show full text]
  • It-Tlettax-Il Leġiżlatura P.L
    IT-TLETTAX-IL LEĠIŻLATURA P.L. 6062 Dokument imqiegħed fuq il-Mejda tal-Kamra tad-Deputati fis-Seduta Numru 428 tas-16 ta’ Frar 2021 mill-Ministru fl-Uffiċċju tal-Prim Ministru, f’isem il-Ministru għat-Trasport, l-Infrastruttura u l-Proġetti Kapitali. ___________________________ Raymond Scicluna Skrivan tal-Kamra Ħ’ATTARD – KAXXI SOFOR JEW BLU GĦAL PARKEĠĠ RISERVAT *18950. L-ONOR DAVID AGIUS staqsa lill-Ministru għat-Trasport, l-Infrastruttura u l- Proġetti Kapitali: Jista' l-Ministru jwieġeb il-mistoqsijiet parlamentari 18644, 18359, 18170 u 17899 u jgħid: a. kemm hemm, sal-ġurnata li titwieġeb din il-mistoqsija, kaxxi sofor jew blu għal parkeġġ riservat ġewwa t-toroq ta’ Ħ’Attard, triq b’triq; b. kemm minn dawn għadhom attivi; c. quddiem liema proprjetà; d. għal liema skop huma riservati; u e. meta saru? 03/02/2021 ONOR. IAN BORG: Qed inpoġġi it-tagħrif mitlub fuq il-Mejda tal-Kamra. Seduta Numru 428 16/02/2021 P9. ~t!'.{ SO- Attard Reserved Parking for Disabled Street Name Approval Triq Palma 21/05/2004 Triq lmsagar 28/09/2007 Triq lmsagar 12/05/2011 Triq lmsagar 23/03/2020 Triq ii-Faqqiegh 08/06/2010 Triq Sant' Antoin 15/05/2012 Triq Sant' Antoin 16/01/2019 Triq 5ant' Antoin 23/01/2015 Triq lnhasa 29/04/2014 Triq L-Ghenba 29/04/2014 Triq L-Ghenba 22/02/2020 Triq Kananea 05/08/2015 Triq ic-Citru 07/10/2016 Triq Lorenzo Manche' 19/10/2016 Triq Lorenzo Manche' 01/12/2017 Triq ii-Mosta 03/03/2017 N/S in Triq Santa Katerina 13/07/2018 Triq Dun Mikiel Xerri 17/08/2018 Triq Dun Mikiel Xerri 19/02/2020 Triq ii-Laring 08/02/2019 Triq ii-Laring
    [Show full text]
  • MALTESE E-NEWSLETTER 320 May 2020
    MALTESE E-NEWSLETTER 320 May 2020 1 MALTESE E-NEWSLETTER 320 May 2020 Palazzo De Piro Through the Years “Palazzo de Piro is a 17th Century Palazzo nestled in the bastion walls of the medieval city of Mdina, Malta’s Silent City. What we know as Palazzo de Piro as an existing structure now, was originally three separate houses. The oldest parts date back to the second half of the 16th century. The emblem indicates that they were built by Malta’s most famous architect Girolamo Cassar, or his equally renowned son Vittorio. Over the last two centuries, Palazzo de Piro has been extensively remodelled a number of times. The internal floor levels were changed and windows ordered blocked up by Alexander de Piro himself. The monumental stone and marble staircase were constructed in Victorian times. In the 1950’s, extensive structural changes were made to accommodate the school that was run by the Dorothean nuns after the house was sold on by Orsola’s heirs.” — PalazzoDePiro.com — Origins Originally, part of the building was the residence of the Falca family (also known as Falco), a Noble family of a Catalonian origin. Several documents we researched indicated that the Falca family was already extinct by 1647. There is hardly any evidence and story behind this Noble family. The earliest Falca member we managed to find in Malta was Marciano Falca. The latter served as a Jury in 1429, 1433 and 1438. Also, another interesting fact is that Marciano Falca, together with another nobleman Francesco Gatto, donated 400 Uncie to help pay part of the debt the Maltese citizens owed Gonsalvo Monroy to buy back the Maltese islands.
    [Show full text]
  • Gazzetta Tal-Gvern Ta' Malta
    Nru./No. 20,689 Prezz/Price €1.62 Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta The Malta Government Gazette L-Erbgħa, 25 ta’ Awwissu, 2021 Pubblikata b’Awtorità Wednesday, 25th August, 2021 Published by Authority SOMMARJU — SUMMARY Avviżi tal-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar ....................................................................................... 8585 - 8616 Planning Authority Notices .............................................................................................. 8585 - 8616 Il-25 ta’ Awwissu, 2021 8585 PROĊESS SĦIĦ FULL PROCESS Applikazzjonijiet għal Żvilupp Sħiħ Full Development Applications Din hija lista sħiħa ta’ applikazzjonijiet li waslu għand This is a list of complete applications received by the l-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar. L-applikazzjonijiet huma mqassmin Planning Authority. The applications are set out by locality. bil-lokalità. Rappreżentazzjonijiet fuq dawn l-applikazzjonijiet Any representations on these applications should be sent in għandhom isiru bil-miktub u jintbagħtu fl-uffiċini tal-Awtorità writing and received at the Planning Authority offices or tal-Ippjanar jew fl-indirizz elettroniku ([email protected]. through e-mail address ([email protected]) within mt) fil-perjodu ta’ żmien speċifikat hawn taħt, u għandu the period specified below, quoting the reference number. jiġi kkwotat in-numru ta’ referenza. Rappreżentazzjonijiet Representations may also be submitted anonymously. jistgħu jkunu sottomessi anonimament. Is-sottomissjonijiet kollha lill-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar, All submissions to the Planning
    [Show full text]