Valorising Cultural Assets through EU Funds

Żabbar Local Council acquired EU funds of over €13,000 with the assistance of SEM

With the assistance of SEM, the Żabbar Local Council acquired EU funds of over €13,000 for restoration works on two religious niches within the locality: one of St Joseph and one of Jesus the Redeemer.

Through the funds from the EU’s LEADER funding programme, the Local Council implemented this project to preserve the cultural assets in Żabbar and promote the attractions which the locality has to offer to visitors, including tourists.

The restoration interventions on both niches consisted of dry cleaning and water cleaning of the site statues, hydraulic lime treatment, desalination, interventions to repair the stonework of the niches, removal of damage caused by graffiti/vandalism, replacement of the glass partition sealing the site statues within their respective niches.

Żabbar Mayor Jorge Grech and Architect Ray Sammut presented the results of the project during a site visit by Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister, Carmelo Abela, the CEO of SEM, Mandy Falzon and Head EU Funding at SEM, Darren Grasso.