Ġgantija
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.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 128 metres (420 feet)
- …is wheelchair accessible
- Description: megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic on the Mediterranean island of Gozo
- Also known as“Ġgantija Temples”“Giants Tower”“Il Gigantia”“Il-Ġgantija”“It-Tempji tal-Ġgantija”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ta‘ Kola Windmill and Xagħra Stone Circle.
Ta‘ Kola Windmill
Museum
Ta' Kola Windmill, Maltese: Il-Mitħna ta' Kola… Ta‘ Kola Windmill is situated 350 metres northwest of Ġgantija.
Xagħra Stone Circle
Archaeological site
Charles Frederick de Brocktorff, Public domain.
The Xagħra Stone Circle, also known as the Xagħra… Xagħra Stone Circle is situated 380 metres west of Ġgantija.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xewkija and Nadur.
Ġgantija
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- Location
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Latitude
36.04724° or 36° 2′ 50″ north
Longitude
14.26907° or 14° 16′ 9″ east
Open location code
8F8P27W9+VJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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”
- Macedonian: “Џгантија”
- 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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