Wied il-Għasel
Wied il-Għasel is a valley in Mosta, in the Northern Region of Malta. Several caves are located within the valley, one of which is occupied by the small Chapel of St. Paul the Hermit.- Type: Wadi
- Description: valley in Mosta, Malta
- Also known as: “Valley of the Salines”, “Wied el Ghasel”, and “Wied il-Ghasel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tal-Qadi Temple and Saint Francis of Assisi Church.
Tal-Qadi Temple
Archaeological site
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The Tal-Qadi Temple is a megalithic temple in Salina, limits of Naxxar, Malta. It is in a very bad state of preservation, with only the temple's general outline still visible.
San Pawl Milqi Roman Villa
Archaeological site
Photo: Nitramserolf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Pawl Milqi are the ruins of a Roman period agricultural villa and pagan temple, the largest ever discovered in Malta. A Christian church was built on the site based on the Biblical mention of the shipwreck of Saint Paul on the island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buġibba and Burmarrad.
Buġibba
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buġibba is a coastal town on Malta, in the region of St. Paul's Bay which consists of several small towns. The town is sandwiched between Burmarrad to the south, Qawra to the east and St. Paul's Bay to the east.
Burmarrad
Hamlet
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Burmarrad is a hamlet in St. Paul's Bay, Malta. The main heritage site is the San Pawl Milqi zone, where there is a chapel dedicated to St. Paul, built on the remains of a Roman temple dedicated to Apollo, and according to tradition the remains of the home of St.
Qawra
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qawra is a coastal town on Malta, in the region of St. Paul's Bay which consists of several small towns. The town is sandwiched between Buġibba directly to the south-west and Naxxar to the south-east on the other side of the bay.
Wied il-Għasel
- Categories: valley and body of water
- Location: Saint Paul’s Bay, Malta, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Wied il-Għasel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي العسل”
- Cebuano: “Wied il-Għasel”
- Polish: “Wied il-Għasel”
- Swedish: “Wied il-Għasel”
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