Malta-Attard: San Anton Gardens - Tribute to Frans Baldacchino, Il-Budaj

The San Anton Gardens in Malta and the Palace were built by Grand Master Antoine de Paule (1623 -1636) and were opened to the public in 1882. The Palace today is the residence of the President of Malta.

These gardens were the favorite gardens of the Maltese famous Folkloristic singer, Frans Baldacchino, nicknamed Il-Budaj. Besides a singer, Frans was a poet, author, painter and sculptor and is known for his peaceful character and charitable heart. Frans died in 2006 at the age of 63.

The song which you hear is called: "Il-Gmiel tan-Natura" (The Beauty of Nature). It was composed and sung by himself and it's full of praise to the Almighty for the beautiful Nature He has given us and whom he calls: "The Engineer of the Universe".

We dedicate this video to the memory of Frans, a very dear friend of ours.

Photos all taken by Choy Hong (Jasmine) Grech.

Video by Alfred & Choy Hong (Jasmine) Grech, Mosta, Malta.

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[tedattard]

What a beautiful and wonderful tribute here!!!Extremely well done!!!

[JasAlf5959]

@tedattard Greetings from Mosta, Ted. Thank you very much for the comment and compliments. Much appreciated.

Warm regards,

Jasmine & Alfred

[dbpw34]

What beautiful gardens, scenery and song! Be proud!! thank you ...dw

[JasAlf5959]

@dbpw34 Thank you very much for your compliments. Glad that you enjoyed the video and found the garden beautiful.

Warm regards,

Jasmine

[maltaboy1000]

go here every time we go to malta its just great

[JasAlf5959]

@maltaboy1000 Thank you for your comment and kind compliments. We go there quite often. The garden is awesome.

Warm regards from Malta,

Jasmine

[JasAlf5959]

@joy2559 Thank you very much for your comment. The Corinthia Palace Hotel is right opposite San Anton Garden. It is a good landmark to locate the garden.

Jasmine

[joy2559]

yes the staues, are beautiful, st anton is difficult to find, last i went there was dec 2007, reminded of an english garden, still very nice

[JasAlf5959]

@olga2415 Thank you for your kind appreciation. It meant a lot to us. Pleased to know that you enjoyed this video.

[olga2415]

Such scenic beauty; such sentiments, such sound; a wonderful video in tribute to the wonders of nature. And man, when he's responding to his higher nature. Thanks for posting this Jasmine and Alfred.