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16 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 17 FEBRUARY 2019 CULTURE ENJOY the beauty of Malta's natural scenery as well as our heritage at a round-trip walk which will take you along Dingli's breath-taking cliffs to- wards Fawwara. Along the way you will learn about prehistoric cart-ruts, a Bronze Age site, pass country chapels and learn legends related to the area. After reaching Fawwara, the group will return to the start- ing point so anyone who came by car will return to the same spot. e walk is about 3km long, and part of the terrain is rough so sensible walking shoes are recommended. e whole walk is calculated to take two to two and a half hours. The walk is being organised next Sunday at 10am. Partici- pants are to meet at St Mary Magdalene Chapel in Dingli Cliffs and can use alight at the Maddalena bus stop. For book- ing, visit https://culturemalta. org/ Fawwara countryside walk from Dingli cliffs to Siggiewi CONTRARY to what is generally thought, the Knights of St John were not keen to set up their base in Malta, the barren and isolated southernmost outpost of Europe. The granting of Malta to the homeless Knights of St John in 1530 was a long-protracted issue. In a lecture this coming Wednes- day, Vincent Zammit will follow the Order's odyssey after their loss of Rhodes and their final acceptance of Malta in 1530. He will go into the various issues that cropped up, un- til Grand Master L'Isle Adam finally arrived in Malta, in October 1530, taking official possession of Mdina in November and thus initiating the Order's 268-year rule in Malta. The lecture is being held on Wednesday at 6.30pm at the Hotel Phoenicia in Floriana. Patrons are requested to be seated by 6.15pm. For booking, visit https://culture- malta.org/ Talk on the granting of Malta to the Knights of St John in 1530 Grand Master Villiers de L'Isle Adam arrives in Malta in 1530