Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna will be marking this year's feast of Malta's patron saint – St Paul, with gun fire from the historic cannon at the Saluting Battery in Valletta.
This will take place on Tuesday. A special programme has also been set for the day starting at 11.00 a.m. with an inter-active guided tour of the battery in Maltese and English.
The salute will commence at 12 p.m. with the firing of the noon-day gun to be followed by all other guns in sequence. Another interactive-guided tour will be held as soon as the gun salute ends. A running commentary will be provided through the proceedings.
Hand-outs with the printed history of the battery will also be distributed to visitors to the Saluting Battery, who will be allowed to watch the spectacle from close quarters.
This initiative is being taken jointly between Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna, the Malta Tourism Authority and the Bank of Valletta in an effort to rekindle an age-old tradition when major religious feasts were celebrated with gun salutes from the forts and fortifications of the island.