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Restoration and conservation works on a 1700 painting and crucifix forming the ‘Golgotha Group’ at the Siġġiewi parish church have been completed. The Siġġiewi Golgotha Group in place at the parish church. The project, supported by Bank of Valletta and executed by Agatha Grima Conservators, was primarily aimed at structurally strengthening both works. The painting is attributed to Michelangelo Marulli, a Maltese artist practising in Rome, while the crucifix is the work of sculptor Giovanni Battista Vanelli. While presenting the conservation and restoration process during the project�...

The cupola of the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament at St Dominic parish church in Valletta has been restored and will be inaugurated on Thursday. Among the many restoration works carried on the chapel are eight biblical personages pertaining to the Old Testament by Giuseppe Cali. The paintings include Moses, Abel, David, Elijah, Abraham, Melchizedek, Malachi and Joseph. The paintings were restored by Agatha Grima Conservators, who also conducted major restoration works on the church’s other paintings by Cali, including the main dome of the basilica which was inaugurated on August 3 this year...