PROGETTI IMPORTANTI TA? RESTAWR FIL-KON-KATIDRAL TA? SAN GWANN

L-altar maggur Barokk tal-Kon-Katidral ta' San Gwann bhalissa ghaddej restawr minn grupp professjonali fil-qasam ta' restawr, taht is-sovriintendenza tad-Dipartiment tal-Muzewijiet, permezz tal-Muzew Nazzjonali ta' l-Arti. Ir-retawraturi Rumani qed jahdmu taht id-direzzjoni ta' Dott. Sante Guido. Fi zmien ftit gimghat ohra, l-istess attenzjoni ser tinghata lir-raggier tal-bronz indurat li jinstab fl-apside, wara l-grupp tal-‘Battesimo' skulturat fl-irham.

Dawn iz-zewg progetti ta' restawr ser ikunu mhallsa mir-Raba' Protokol Finanzjarju bejn il-Gvern Taljan u l-Gvern Malti. Parti miz-zewg progetti ser tithallas mid-Dipartiment tal-Muzewijiet. Iz-zewg progetti qeghdin igawdu mill-kollaborazzjoni tal-Kapitlu Metropolitan.

Aktar informazzjoni dwar dawn il-progetti ta' restawr tista' tinkiseb mill-Muzew Nazzjonali ta' l-Arti fuq Tel 233034/ Fax 239915.

The High Altar of St. John's Co-Cathedral is currently undergoing conservation treatment by a professional team of restorers from Rome under the superintendence of the Museums Department, through the National Museum of Fine Arts. The restoration team from Rome is directed by Dott. Sante Guido. In a few weeks time, the same attention will be given to the gilt bronze Gloria in the apse, behind the marble ‘Baptism' sculpture.

The restoration projects for the gilt bronze Gloriaand the High Altar are funded by the Fourth Italian-Maltese Financial Protocol, and by the Museums Department of Malta. The projects are undertaken with the collaboration of the Metropolitan Cathedral Chapter.

Enquiries on these conservation projects can be made at the National Museum of Fine Arts by Tel. 233034 / Fax 239915.

23.03.2000