Ta’ l-Għajjun

Ta’ l-Għajjun is a locality in Xaghra, Gozo. Ta’ l-Għajjun is situated nearby to the locality Tal-Ġorf, as well as near Ta’ Kazzol.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ġgantija and Ta‘ Kola Windmill.

Ġgantija

Photo: FritzPhotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ġgantija is a megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic era, on the Mediterranean island of Gozo in Malta. The Ġgantija temples are the earliest of the Megalithic Temples of Malta and are older than the pyramids of Egypt.

Ta‘ Kola Windmill

Museum

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Ta' Kola Windmill, Maltese: Il-Mitħna ta' Kola, is a windmill in the village of Xagħra, on the island of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago. It was built in 1725 by the Fondazione Vilhena of Grand Master Manoel de Vilhena, and was rebuilt in the 1780s.

Xagħra Stone Circle

Archaeological site

Photo: Charles Frederick de Brocktorff, Public domain.

The Xagħra Stone Circle, also known as the Xagħra Hypogeum or the Brochtorff Circle, is a Neolithic funerary complex located in Xagħra, Gozo, Malta. It consists of a series of caves which were used to bury the dead, and which were surrounded by a walled enclosure.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nadur and Xewkija.

Nadur

Village

Photo: Mariosaliba, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nadur is an administrative unit of Malta, located in the eastern part of the island of Gozo. Nadur is built on a plateau and is one of the largest localities in Gozo.