On Monday 17 March the talk by Salvator Mousù; THE HIDDEN TREASURES OF THE PALACE will close off the second series of lectures; "Rediscovering of the Grand Master's Palace” organised by the Office of H.E. Dr George Abela, President of Malta. The talk will be accompanied with a photographic presentation by Daniel Cilia.

The noble Marquis Nicholas de Piro had set the ball rolling with his "Domestic Arrangements at the Grand Master's palace", Brigadier Claude Gaffiero with his "Reminiscences as an A.D.C”, Judge Giovanni Bonello with "Deeds and Misdeeds at the Palace”, Mr Sandro Debono as Curator of Fine Arts on the "Bygone Views at the Palace, Mr. Liam Gauci, Curator of the Maritime Museum  "The Lunettes Sea-Battles of the Knights", the Assistant Curator of Fine Arts Bernadine Scicluna who delved, even psychologically, on the portraits hanging in the Palace and  Architect Conrad Thake the who quite appropriately closed the first series with the "Architecture of the Palace”.   The second present series that once more we had the pleasant discourse of Judge Giovanni Bonello to shake the palace with his "Events that Shook the palace”, Architect Edward Said's "Undergrounds of the palace", and Dr. Alfred Bonnici's "Happenings at the Tapestry Chamber since 1921" .  Another "discovery" was the erudite talk of Prof. Frank ventura and last, but definitely not least Dr. Theresa Vella of the International Institute of Baroques Studies (Malta University)  with her "Renaissance Palace in the Making"

Venue: La Sala del Gran Consiglio, Grand Master’s Palace, Valletta at 18.00 hrs (seating by 17.50 hrs).