Valletta palace restoration works pick up momentum

Extensive restoration works at the Grand Master's Palace in Valletta, announced some years ago, have picked up momentum.
The ongoing works come at an investment of €28 million, €10 million of which are being provided by the European Regional Development Fund.  
The works include a visitors' centre that is being set up in the space previously occupied by the offices of the attorney general on the ground floor.
Other current major works include the reinstatement of the Palace armoury at the site of the old Parliament. 
The armoury had been moved downstairs to the former stables when parliament was moved from the Tapestry Chamber in 1976. MPs moved out of the palace to the new parliament building in city gate in 2015. The hall was then used for meetings during Malta’s 2017 EU presidency.
Artworks in the Piano Nobile Corridor, including its walls and ceiling will also be restored. 

“The Grand Master’s Palace restoration project is one of the main priorities for my ministry and am satisfied that a project of this magnitude is being managed and coordinated in a professional manner by Heritage Malta,” Culture Minister Jose Herrera said in a statement. 
The project is divided into four...