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14 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 13 SEPTEMBER 2020 MDINA SUNRISE. PHOTOGRAPHER BELLINA 09 EYEWITNESS Wiki loves monuments The fifth edition of Wiki Loves Monuments, the Guinness World Record holder for the largest photography competition, is taking place in Malta this year, bringing together photogra-phers from around the world to take stunning pictures of our cultural heritage to be shared on Wikipedia. This competition opens on the 1 September. Participation is free and open to all. The dead-line for all submissions is on the 30 September but submissions can be made throughout the month of September. Participants need to own the photos they submit and release them under a Creative Commons open licence. Details will follow at www.wikimalta.org and via Facebook & Instagram closer to the date. Ten winning submissions will be nominated for the international Wiki Loves Monuments contest, with the opportunity to win further prizes. "We are very pleased and proud to host Malta's first Wikipedian in Residence from this September. We see cultural heritage as something that should not be taken for granted. Monuments need to be celebrated and enjoyed in all sorts of ways," said Caldon Mercieca, the Valletta Design Cluster manager. "The Valletta Design Cluster itself is housed within a monument and thus we live with this reality every day. We are very much looking forward to exploring ways share open knowledge with Wikimedia Community Malta and discover ways to ensure that design thinking enables further engagement with monuments and other cultural heritage sites that contain specific design features." Spazju Kreattiv Artistic Director Daniel Azzopardi, said: "Spazju Kreattiv remains committed to supporting Wiki Community Malta in their endeavour to champion cultural heritage through digital platforms. Being the National Centre for Creativity, we do believe that such ventures within the creative domain are important to promote new encounters and exchanges in different community groups."