Sette Giugno monument returns to original location at St George’s Square

The Sette Giugno monument commemorating the deadly 1919 riots has been relocated to its original location at St George’s Square.

Transport and infrastructure minister Joe Mizzi said in a statement that the monument’s relocation from Hastings Garden took place over several hours on Friday night.

Anton Attard’s monument had been transferred from St George’s Square to Hastings Garden back in 2010 in what was originally supposed to be a temporary measure pending embellishment works at the square.

In June, Mizzi launched a public consultation exercise, in which the overwhelming majority of respondents voted for the monument to return to its original location.

However, Speaker Anglu Farrugia and the Nationalist Party had called for it to be relocated to the square in front of the new Parliament building.