A seminar organised by the University's  International
Institute for Baroque Studies in conjunction with the
Museums Department as part of the campaign:
Europe - A Common Heritage

Convenor: Denis De Lucca, Director - IIBS
Venue: National Museum of Archaeology, Valletta
Date: Friday, 3 November 2000
Sponsor: Bank of Valletta

Planned with a great sense of urgency by the military engineer Lapparelli in the last decades of the sixteenth century, Valletta represented a powerful war machine meant to prevent the Grand Turk from invading Christian territory.  As from the seventeenth century, this rudimentary war machine was decorated by the Knights to accommodate their favourite baroque state ceremonies.  In this perspective, the aim of this seminar is to bring together scholars and the general public to evaluate the Baroque heritage of this unique European fortress-city.

PROGRAMME

0900hrs	Opening address
	Professor Roger Ellul-Micallef Rector, University of Malta
0930hrs	Valletta - Why, When and How
	Arch. Roger de Giorgio
1015hrs	The Changing Face of Valletta:  The transformation from military austerity to baroque splendour
	Ms. Annabel Vassallo
1045hrs	Coffee Break
1115hrs	The Conventual Church of St. John's
	Arch. Claude Busuttil
1145hrs	The Conservation of the Baroque Heritage of Valletta
	Arch. Hermann Bonnici
1215hrs	The Spirit of Baroque Valletta
	Professor Mauro Bertagnin
1245hrs	Video Presentation
1315hrs	Closing Address
	Rev. Professor Peter Serracino Inglott