Event: Exhibition on the Langue of Italy of the Knights of St John at MUZA, Valletta
Date: Thursday 10 August 2023 - Sunday 24 September 2023
Time: TBA
Venue: MUŻA, Valletta
On the 10 of August, there was the inauguration of the exhibition: ‘The Langue of Italy: Building an Identity / Il-Lingwa tal-Italja: il-bini ta’ identità ’, which is being held at MUŻA, Valletta, between 11 August and 24 September 2023. The exhibition can be visited free of charge.
This exhibition forms part of a comprehensive project entitled ‘Stories of the Auberge d’Italie: faces, facets, façades’, the scope of which is to explore this key historic institution within a contextualised historic urban and institutional landscape.
This project is funded by the Internationalisation Partnership Awards Scheme Plus (IPAS+) 2022 of the Malta Council for Science and Technology, and represents a strong collaboration between the University of Malta, Politecnico di Torino and Heritage Malta, supported by the National Library of Malta (Malta Libraries), the Malta Study Center (Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, USA), and the I-Access Project (Interreg Italia-Malta).
The exhibition and the wider project are the result of a collaboration between: (, , UM), (, , UM), Mr Christian Mifsud (Project coordinator -Heritage Malta), and Dr Valentina Burgassi (Department of Architecture and Design - Construction History Group, Politecnico di Torino).
Everyone is invited to visit!
