Tar-Riefnu

Tar-Riefnu is a locality in Ta’ Kerċem, Malta. Tar-Riefnu is situated nearby to the locality L-Eħfar, as well as near Ta’ Zonda.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Xlendi Tower and San Raflu Lake.

Xlendi Tower

Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Xlendi Tower is a small watchtower near Xlendi Bay, within the limits of Munxar on the island of Gozo in Malta. The tower is one of the Lascaris towers and dates to 1650; it is currently undergoing restoration.

San Raflu Lake

Saint Raphael Lake is a small rural area just outside the locality of Kerċem, at the south-west of the island of Gozo in Malta. The area is approximately 148 m above sea level and 350 m away from the sea.

Għar Għerduf catacombs

Historic site

The Għar Għerduf catacombs at Ta' Kerċem, also known as Għar Gerduf, are the only surviving early Christian catacombs or paleochristian hypogea in Gozo, Malta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xlendi and St. Lucia.

Xlendi

Photo: Wusel007, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Xlendi is a town on Gozo's south coast. Formerly a picture perfect Mediterranean fishing village, it has now been expanded to several times its old size by modern hotels and apartments.

St. Lucia

Hamlet

Photo: Matthew2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Santa Luċija is a hamlet in Kerċem, in Gozo Island, Malta. The hamlet takes its name from the church situated in the middle of the hamlet. The original chapel dedicated to St Lucy was recorded by inquisitor Pietro Dusina in 1575 during his apostolic visitation.

Kercem

Village

Photo: Sudika, Public domain.

Ta' Kerċem is a village in Malta, in the island of Gozo, with a population of 1,938 people as of March 2014. Ta' Kerċem evolved into a village community around chapel dedicated to Pope Gregory the Great built around 1581 and replaced in 1851 by a church which was enlarged to its present state between 1906 and 1910.

Tar-Riefnu

Latitude

36.0325° or 36° 1′ 57″ north

Longitude

14.21389° or 14° 12′ 50″ east

Elevation

122 metres (400 feet)

Open location code

8F8P26J7+XH

GeoNames ID

2562351

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