[:en]Ġgantija temple on Gozo Island[:]

By skyangelo

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3 days’ stay in Malta (04/10/2009-04/13/2009)

Trip with colleagues to Malta for an extended weekend, as a reward to ourselves after extremely exhausting and “(psychic) energy consuming” work

We took a ferry from main land Malta to Gozo island to visit the Ggantija temple and Azure Window.
Although the weather was quite windy, we were lucky to get some sunshine while viewing the Azure Window.

Ġgantija temple

The Ggantija Temples (‘place of giants’) are thought to be the oldest free-standing structures In the world. They are among the best-preserved temples on the Maltese Islands and certainly the most visited historical site on the Maltese Islands. The complex comprises two Neolithic temples dating from the third millennium B.C (3600 to 3000 B.C.), world’s second oldest manmade religious structures. Together with other similar structures, these have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Megalithic Temples of Malta.

Azure Window

Dwejra is perhaps the archipelago’s most spectacular natural landmark. Here, geology, time and sea have worked together to produce some of the most remarkable scenery on the Islands. The Azure Window, the Inland Sea, Fungus Rock, sheer cliffs and a rocky coastline yielding fossilised remains of sea creatures dating from the Miocene period.

The Azure Window has been seen in the TV series Game of Thrones.

Azure Window
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