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12 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 16 OCTOBER 2024 NEWS F Solution to last week's crossword The answers to today's crossword will be published in next week's Midweek edition Weather Fine but locally partly to rather cloudy and with sea fog patches Visibility Good locally moderate or poor in fog Wind West to Northwest force 3 or 4, gradually becoming variable force 2 or 3 by late morning TOMORROW Crossword WEATHER SUNNY 36 0 / 25 0 TODAY SUNNY 35 / 25 0 FEELS LIKE 38 FEELS LIKE 38 0 i � FreeDailyCrosswords.com ACROSS-----------� 1) Struggle r air 5) It goes through the roof 10) Pierce with a knife 14) Chip in a pot? 15) Holiday pie ingredient 16) Call to mind 17) Small biter 18) Absinthe flavoring 19) God of love 20) Brought up pickled fish? 23) Thaws a eezer 25) For this reason 26) Batters in Baltimore 27) Amount in grandma's recipe 29) Acknowledge the villain's entrance 30) It's guaranteed to remove wrinkles 31) Guevara grills Kasparov's equipment? 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G u 0 R E N A I N I A T E A N 0 T C L A s T y L E D E R G A I T E DOWN 1) Paella 2) "What clapping?" 3) Lie a 4) The City 5) Natives 6) Hors 7) Turkish 8) Oahu 9) Group 10) Beginning 11) Surgeries 12) Venue 13) Commemorative 21) Remove, 22) Difficult 26) New 27) One 28) Russian 29) Places 31) Hawk 32) Implicitly 35) It's better 37) Thickish 39) Really 40) Mild 42) Bit of 43) Dweller 48) Cream-filled 50) Entrepreneur's 52) It's attractive 53) Parry 55) Flower 58) Shaving 59) Mends, 60) Act the 61) "For 62) Furnace 63) Windy 65)_ out JAMES DEBONO jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt THE Mosta local council is ea- ger to revive old plans to erect an obelisk in Pjazza Rotunda, as envisioned by church archi- tect Giorgio Grognet de Vassé. Grognet, who modelled the Mosta church on a neoclassical design inspired by the Panthe- on in Rome, included an obe- lisk in his original plan for the square, similar to the one in front of the Pantheon. "The obelisk was indeed part of Architect Grognet's plan for the Mosta square and was meant to feature prominent- ly in his design. However, the plan was later shelved, and the idea of having an obelisk raised in front of the Rotun- da never materialized," Mosta mayor Joseph Gatt told Malt- aToday. In a show of continuity with the previous Labour-led coun- cil, the architect chosen for the obelisk project is former mayor Chris Grech. The current mayor explained that the previous council had recently established "a board of experts" to assess the feasibility of installing an obelisk in the square. "With a location now select- ed, the present council is re- viewing whether this plan still aligns with our overall vision for the square. If so, we will explore securing the necessary funding to make it happen," Gatt said. When asked how the pro- posed obelisk fits into the council's vision for Pjazza Ro- tunda - given the recent con- troversy surrounding the pe- destrianization of the square - the mayor replied that the council is currently organis- ing a series of 'town hall'-style meetings with Mosta residents to discuss ongoing traffic man- agement and vehicle access to the square. "While the council will soon present its proposals for the square, the location earmarked for the obelisk by the board of experts does little to alter our broader plans," Gatt said. Photomontages suggest the obelisk would be located on the paved area between St. Mary's Pharmacy and APS Bank. According to plans submitted by the former mayor on be- half of the council, the obelisk would rise to 15.4m, approxi- mately the height of a four-sto- ry building. This would make it the second tallest structure in the square, after the Rotunda dome itself. The project is still in its ear- liest stages and the Superin- tendence for Cultural Heritage still has to express itself on the matter. The resurrection of past mon- uments and plans is a contro- versial issue among heritage experts who tend to value au- thenticity and the preserva- tion of a site's historical record rather than conjuring hypo- thetical or imagined pasts. The Mosta local council is eager to revive old plans to erect an obelisk in Pjazza Rotunda Council wants to erect 15-metre high obelisk in Mosta square