There is a trend at the moment in Malta to restore old buildings. Nothing wrong with that, and in fact it's commendable. However what strikes us the most is the exorbitant number of construction zones going around in every part of the small island we inhabit. Tower cranes dominate every imaginable skyline, and skyscrapers are going up just about everywhere. Granted that with only 122 square miles of total area, we don’t have much where to expand, so they’re going up, up and further up. Yet, some sights can still be admired, like the few windmills we have spread out both in Malta and our sister island, Gozo. A few of them are being restored right now, and even though they will be just for cosmetic purpose, in the past they were used to help in the storing of wheat and grain and other functional uses.
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