Updated - Green light for Fleur-de-Lys arch rebuilding

Vincent Gauci

Oct 24th 2012, 07:48

Really Prosit!
It would be a most pleasant sight to see the old arch in place.
There are other historic monuments, like the Birgu clocktower, that can be reconstructed. Another one is the St Elmo lighthouse.

Hossam Helwani

Oct 24th 2012, 07:34

It has been the dream of many karkarizi and now furdulizi who also dream of their own local council and being set up as a town by themselves.
This Arch has always been discarded because of traffic excuse. My point is that there are many important stones especially obelisks and coat of arms in private houses. These should be returned since they should have never be where they are now, at once.

Joseph Caruana

Oct 24th 2012, 01:31

Why do we still find it hard to create something of our own? More than forty years as an independent and we still cry for (great) buildings and structures that never belong to the Maltese; they belong to civilisations that left their mark on the island through the island's history. When are we going to give space and ample resource (ie social state) for a contemporary culture to ignite?

P. Attard

Oct 23rd 2012, 21:57

At the other end of Fleur de Lys road, near the old red buses terminal, there was a milestone which was removed when Psaila Street was about to be re-built. This was placed very near to where the Fantasy Tours office now lies. Unfortunately such a historic, national item was never put back to its original place on the pavement. Another public item gone private, perhaps?

claude mallia

Oct 23rd 2012, 20:05

Seems there are a lot of experts here! What a farce! ...and some complain we don't have a carnival city. There you go.

frank vella

Oct 23rd 2012, 19:08

excellent initiative and well thought placed on the roundabout not to hinder traffic. well done whoever was behind the project. lets get it done!

oliver mallia

Oct 23rd 2012, 18:53

Prosit tas sew, inizjativa sabiha hafna. Prosit ghal darba ohra

Paul@ Micallef

Oct 23rd 2012, 17:01

Excellent news. It is good to rebuilt some of the historic buildings built by the knights and destroyed by the English or German war planes.
The Birgu clock tower should also be re-built to make the square look more to the original set up.

Micallef chris

Oct 23rd 2012, 16:58

....tal-Gran Mastru Wignacourt bit-tliet fjur-du-lys fuqha (li kien hemm skolpita fuq dan l-ark) li tat l-isem lit-TRIQ li taghti lejn B'kara, u li konsegwentament din it-triq kienet li tat l-isem lil dan is-subborg fleur-de-lys!!!!!! Allura ghalfejn qed jissejjah b'dan il-mod???!!!! :-/

N Chetcuti

Oct 23rd 2012, 16:57

Sometime ago I was talking to someone who knows that the original stones still exist and they are numbered. Could this be true?

Micallef chris

Oct 23rd 2012, 16:57

ZBALL....., dak huwa "l-Ark tal-Akwidott", jew "l-Ark ta' Wignacourt". Dak kien parti mill-akwadott u l-uzu tieghu kien sempliciment biex jaqsam l-ilma min naha ghall-ohra tat-triq.... Ghalkemm spiss insibuh miktub hekk, izda dan hu zball kbir. Barra minn hekk, dak jinsab fit-territorju ta' Santa Venera. Dak iz-zmien Fleur-De-Lys ma kienx jezisti. Filfatt, kienet propju l-arma tal-Gran Mastru ...

Franco Attard Trevisan

Oct 23rd 2012, 16:56

Correct me if I am wrong, but since I don't think the original stone blocks are still available, what's the use of this arch?

It's like having a photocopy of the Monalisa i.e. a fake!

It is a massive pity that the original one was knocked down, but what is going to be achieved by re-building it?

Micallef chris

Oct 23rd 2012, 16:35

....tal-Gran Mastru Wignacourt bit-tliet fjur-du-lys fuqha (li kien hemm skolpita fuq dan l-ark) li tat l-isem lit-TRIQ li taghti lejn B'kara, u li konsegwentament din it-triq kienet li tat l-isem lil dan is-subborg fleur-de-lys!!!!!! Allura ghalfejn qed jissejjah b'dan il-mod???!!!!

Micallef chris

Oct 23rd 2012, 16:35

ZBALL....., dak huwa "l-Ark tal-Akwadott", jew "l-Ark ta' Wignacourt". Dak kien parti mill-akwadott u l-uzu tieghu kien sempliciment biex jaqsam l-ilma min naha ghall-ohra tat-triq.... Ghalkemm spiss insibuh miktub hekk, izda dan hu zball kbir. Barra minn hekk, dak jinsab fit-territorju ta' Santa Venera. Dak iz-zmien Fleur-De-Lys ma kienx jezisti. Filfatt, kienet propju l-arma tal-Gran Mastru...

Lino Busuttil

Oct 23rd 2012, 16:08

Very encouraging to see this heritage monument being redone. Well done to the councils involved. Hopefully it will be erected by recycled stone so the "vintage" look will be preserved.

Victor Pulis

Oct 23rd 2012, 15:54

Why not do the same with the old city gate? it could be reconstructed where the independence monument is now. We could have our own arch de triomph as we're going into Valletta. The independence monument can be relocated elsewhere in an equally prominent place.

C Agius

Oct 23rd 2012, 15:47

Wouldn't it be better for public funds to go, say to healthcare (e.g. to pay for that little girls operation) instead of a replica on a roundabout?

joe caruana

Oct 23rd 2012, 15:40

Mr George Debattista (ex B'Kara mayor) proposed the rebuilding of Fleur-De-Lys Arch when he was major of B'Kara. He did a lot of work on this project, collected information on the services passing through the round about. He also meet personnel from departments concerned.

Andrew Borg

Oct 23rd 2012, 15:29

well done - we need more of this!

Joseph Barbara

Oct 23rd 2012, 15:25

Great news! Finally we are getting something beautiful to remind us of days when life was slower and simpler. Now I would like to appeal to Birkirkara council to look after the only Malta railway carriage left. This was restored and set right in front of the council chambers - Birchircara Station. Vandalised again many times and now almost in state of disrepair. Please save our carriage.

Roger Tirazona

Oct 23rd 2012, 15:18

So It's ok to rebuild a Baroque Aqueduct Archway for an aqueduct that has in part disappeared with the rising of streets, but for our beloved Valletta, we needed to have a LEGO design by Renzo Piano for an entrance. Can we have some consistency in this country?

Daniel Muscat

Oct 23rd 2012, 15:17

viva l-kongestjoni li ha nkomplu nzidu fit-toroq Maltin

Joe Felice-Pace

Oct 23rd 2012, 15:16

Was it an accident? Or was the RAF crane intentionally driven into the arch when it was obvious that it could not pass under it? Military vehicles used that road on their way to Ta' Qali.
At the time of the accident I was at Bugeja Hopsital (today's Centru Ħidma Soċjali) and when I heard the noise I ran to Fleur-de-Lys Junction. My impression is that the crane could never have gone through.

Pierre Mazzacano D'Amato

Oct 23rd 2012, 15:07

This is excellent news.

PMD

Patrick Jansen

Oct 23rd 2012, 15:04

Wicked!!!