Arriva will be collaborating with conservation group Din l-Art Ħelwa on a project to conserve the chapel in Ħal Millieri, limits of Zurrieq and Mqabba.
Commercial Manager Thomas Dimech met with DLĦ CEO Simone Mizzi; George Mangion, the chapel's warden and curator and DHL council member Maria Grazia Cassar , who is responsible for restoration, at the Chapel, where the sponsorship was officialised during a small ceremony.
"As a corporate citizen of the Maltese Islands, Arriva believes it has a duty to help in conserving these gems, that are not only part of our history but indeed among our richest treasures as Maltese citizens. Arriva is extremley glad to be able to support with Din l-Art Ħelwa on this project and to be associated with the beautiful and quite unique chapel here at Ħal Millieri," Mr Dimech said.
The chapel, dedicated to the Annunciation is situated in the old village of Casal Millieri, which lies between Zurrieq, Qrendi, Mqabba and Kirkop.
This village was first documented in 1419 and its origins date back to Roman and possibly pre-historic times. The chapel was consecrated in around 1480 on the site of an earlier chapel built in the...
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