Work on the foundations for a cover to protect the neolithic temples at Tarxien from the elements started this month, Culture Minister Owen Bonnici said in Parliament.

The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

An application for Unesco funds had also been made to finance studies and works on the south façade of Ġgantija Temples, which had been supported by scaffolding for years.

The application had been approved and the necessary studies had just started for the façade’s restoration, Dr Bonnici told Joseph Cassar (PN).

 

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