Tarxien Temples
The Ħal Tarxien Prehistoric Complex is an archaeological complex in Tarxien, within the Port region of Malta. They date to approximately 3400 BC. The site was accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 along with the other Megalithic temples on the island of Malta.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological complex in Tarxien, Malta
- Also known as: “Neolithic Temples”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum and Parish Church of Christ the King.
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
Museum
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The Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni is a Neolithic subterranean structure dating to the Saflieni phase in Maltese prehistory, located in Paola, Malta. It is often simply referred to as the Hypogeum, literally meaning "underground" in Greek. Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum is situated 430 metres west of Tarxien Temples.
Parish Church of Christ the King
Church
Photo: Bulbul, Public domain.
The Basilica of Christ the King is a Roman Catholic parish church located in Paola, Malta. Parish Church of Christ the King is situated 400 metres northwest of Tarxien Temples.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paola and Tarxien.
Paola
Town
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Paola is a town in the Port Region of Malta, with 8,706 inhabitants as of 2019. The town is a commercial centre in the Southern Harbour area of Malta, about 5 km from the capital Valletta, contiguous to Tarxien and Fgura, with which it forms a single urban area.
Tarxien
Village
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Tarxien is a town in the Port region of Malta, seat of the Port Regional Council. Its population stood at 8,583 in March 2014. The town is most notable for the Tarxien Temples, a megalithic temple complex which is among the oldest freestanding structures on Earth.
Fgura
Town
Photo: Ciantar patrick, Public domain.
Fgura is a town in the Port Region of Malta. It has a population of 13,066 as of 2021. Its northern fringes are bordered by the Cottonera Lines of fortifications while it merges with the towns of Żabbar to the east and Paola and Tarxien to the West.
Tarxien Temples
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Ta’ Xbiex, Malta, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Tarxien Temples” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Տարշիեն”
- Catalan: “temples de Tarxien”
- Catalan: “Temples de Tarxien”
- Cebuano: “Tarxien Prehistoric Temples”
- Chinese: “塔爾欣神廟”
- Chinese: “塔西安神廟”
- Czech: “Tarxien (chrám)”
- Czech: “Tarxien”
- Dutch: “Megalithische tempels van Tarxien”
- Dutch: “Tempels van Tarxien”
- French: “Tarxien”
- French: “Temples de Tarxien”
- Galician: “templos de Tarxien”
- Georgian: “ტარშიენი”
- German: “Tempel von Tarxien”
- Hindi: “टारज़िएन मंदिर”
- Hungarian: “Tarxien megalitikus templomai”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Tarxien”
- Italian: “Templi di Tarscen”
- Italian: “Templi di Tarxien”
- Korean: “타르신 사원”
- Korean: “타르신 신전”
- Latvian: “Taršīnas tempļi”
- Lithuanian: “Taršino šventyklos”
- Lithuanian: “Taršyno šventyklos”
- Macedonian: “Храмовите во Таршиен”
- Maltese: “Tempji ta’ Ħal Tarxien”
- Maltese: “Tempji ta‘ Ħal-Tarxien”
- Maltese: “Tempji ta‘ Tarxien”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tarxien-templene”
- Norwegian: “Tarxien-templene”
- Persian: “معابد تارشین”
- Polish: “Świątynie Tarxien”
- Portuguese: “Templos de Tarxien”
- Russian: “Таршиен”
- Russian: “Таршиенский храмовый комплекс”
- Slovenian: “Templji Tarxien”
- Spanish: “Templos de Tarxien”
- Swedish: “Tarxien Prehistoric Temples”
- Swedish: “Tarxiens förhistoriska tempel”
- Swedish: “Tarxientemplen”
- Thai: “หมู่วิหารฮัลตาร์ชีน”
- Turkish: “Tarxien Tapınakları”
- Ukrainian: “Таршіенський храмовий комплекс”
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