Judge Maurice Caruana Curran, founder of Din l-Art Ħelwa and eminent legal personality, passed away ten years ago while the organisation he founded was celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Now celebrating its 60th Anniversary, members of Din l-Art Helwa have honoured him by marking both anniversaries with a commemorative marker stone close to the entrance of the NW Majjistral History and Nature Park which Din l-Art Ħelwa helped to establish.  After the general elections of 2007, following NGO lobbying, legislation was passed securing the coastal area between Ghajn Tuffieha and Mellieha as a national park saving it from golf courses and other construction.  Rich in biodiversity, this rare cliff garrigue boasts a coastline 6.2 km in length which is still pristine.  Today, Din l-Art Ħelwa is an essential part of the Heritage Parks Federation that still manages the Park in collaboration with the Majjistral Parks Board.

Patrick Calleja, Executive President of DLĦ said:

If it was not for Judge Caruana Curran, maybe this area of Malta would not have been saved from speculation.   It is fitting that we remember the Judge here during the 60th Anniversary of the organisation he founded, and ten years since his death. DLĦ is proud to be part of the Heritage Parks Federation that has cleared over 6800 tons of illegal waste dumped on the area since the Park was established, and we still plant some 3000 trees each year. Its Visitor Centre is a showcase for the flora and fauna of the park, and its British Barracks are being restored by Din l-Art Ħelwa for heritage accommodation.

19th July 2025