Ġgantija

Ġgantija is a megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic era, on the Mediterranean island of in . The Ġgantija temples are the earliest of the Megalithic Temples of Malta and are older than the pyramids of Egypt.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic on the Mediterranean island of Gozo
  • Also known as: “Ġgantija Temples”, “Giants Tower”, “Il Gigantia”, “Il-Ġgantija”, and “It-Tempji tal-Ġgantija”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ta‘ Kola Windmill and Xagħra Stone Circle.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ta' Kola Windmill, Maltese: Il-Mitħna ta' Kola, is a windmill in the village of , on the island of in the . It was built in 1725 by the Fondazione Vilhena of Grand Master Manoel de Vilhena, and was rebuilt in the 1780s. is situated 350 metres northwest of Ġgantija.

Archaeological site
Photo: Charles Frederick de Brocktorff, Public domain.
The , also known as the Xagħra Hypogeum or the Brochtorff Circle, is a Neolithic funerary complex located in , , . It consists of a series of caves which were used to bury the dead, and which were surrounded by a walled enclosure. is situated 380 metres west of Ġgantija.

Cave
Photo: Dreizung, CC BY 3.0.
is situated 280 metres west of Ġgantija.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xewkija and Nadur.

Village
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an administrative unit and village of , on the island of . The population of is 3,300 as of March 2014.

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

Photo: Michelle Maria, CC BY 3.0.
is a city on , . It includes the island of Comino. It has a population of 3,200 residents.

Ġgantija

Latitude
36.04724° or 36° 2′ 50″ north
Longitude
14.26907° or 14° 16′ 9″ east
Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8F8P27W9+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29546608
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2563097
Wiki­data ID
Q216862
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Ġgantija” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ջգանտիա”
  • Basque: “Ġgantija”
  • Bosnian: “Ġgantija”
  • Bulgarian: “Джгантия”
  • Catalan: “Ggantija”
  • Catalan: “Ġgantija”
  • Cebuano: “Ġgantija (arkiyolohiyang dapit sa Malta)”
  • Cebuano: “Ġgantija”
  • Chinese: “季甘蒂亞神廟”
  • Chinese: “詹蒂亞神廟”
  • Croatian: “Ġgantija”
  • Czech: “Ggantija”
  • Czech: “Ġgantija”
  • Danish: “Ggantija”
  • Danish: “Ġgantija”
  • Dutch: “Ggantija”
  • Dutch: “Ġgantija”
  • Dutch: “Megalithische tempel van Ggantija”
  • Dutch: “Megalithische tempel van Ġgantija”
  • Dutch: “Megalithische tempels van Ggantija”
  • Dutch: “Megalithische tempels van Ġgantija”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد العملاقه”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝantija”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝgantija”
  • French: “Ggantija”
  • French: “Ġgantija”
  • Galician: “Ġgantija”
  • Georgian: “ჯგანტია”
  • German: “Ggantija”
  • German: “Ġgantija”
  • German: “Gigantija”
  • German: “Tempel von Gigantija”
  • Greek: “Τζγκαντία”
  • Greek: “Τζγκαντίγια”
  • Hindi: “गंतिजा”
  • Hungarian: “Ġgantija”
  • Indonesian: “Ġgantija”
  • Italian: “Ġgantija”
  • Italian: “Gigantia”
  • Japanese: “ジュガンティーヤ”
  • Korean: “즈간티야”
  • Latvian: “Džgantija”
  • Lithuanian: “Džgantija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ggantija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Tempele vu Ggantija”
  • Maltese: “Ġgantija”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ggantia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ggantija”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ġgantija”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ggantia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ggantija”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ġgantija”
  • Norwegian: “Ġgantija”
  • Persian: “جگانتیا”
  • Polish: “Ggantia”
  • Polish: “Ggantija”
  • Polish: “Ġgantija”
  • Portuguese: “Ġgantija”
  • Portuguese: “Gigantia”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Gigantea”
  • Romanian: “Ġgantija”
  • Russian: “Джгантия”
  • Serbian: “Džgantija”
  • Serbian: “Џгантија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ggantia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ggantija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ġgantija”
  • Slovak: “Ggantija”
  • Slovak: “Ġgantija”
  • Slovak: “Gigantija”
  • Slovenian: “Ġgantija”
  • Spanish: “Ggantia”
  • Spanish: “Ggantija”
  • Spanish: “Ġgantija”
  • Swedish: “Ggantija”
  • Tamil: “கண்டிஜா”
  • Thai: “จกันตียา”
  • Turkish: “Ggantija”
  • Turkish: “Ġgantija”
  • Ukrainian: “Джгантія”
  • Vietnamese: “Ġgantija”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ġgantija”
  • Western Panjabi: “گینتیا”

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