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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ta‘ Kola Windmill and Xagħra Stone Circle.
Ta‘ Kola Windmill
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Ta‘ Kola Windmill is situated 350 metres northwest of Ġgantija.
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. Xagħra Stone Circle is situated 380 metres west of Ġgantija.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xewkija and Nadur.
Xewkija
Village
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Xewkija is an administrative unit and village of Malta, on the island of Gozo. The population of Xewkija is 3,300 as of March 2014.
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.
Għajnsielem
Photo: Michelle Maria, CC BY 3.0.
Għajnsielem is a city on Gozo, Malta. It includes the island of Comino. It has a population of 3,200 residents.
Ġgantija
- Categories: temple, archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Xaghra, Gozo, Malta, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.04724° or 36° 2′ 50″ northLongitude
14.26907° or 14° 16′ 9″ eastElevation
128 metres (420 feet)Open location code
8F8P27W9+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 29546608OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ġgantija”. Photo: FritzPhotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.