Collapsed Azure Window

The Azure Window, also known as the Dwejra Window, was a 28-metre-tall natural arch on the island of , located just off the shores of . The limestone feature, which was in Dwejra Bay close to the and , was one of the island's major tourist attractions until it collapsed in stormy weather on 8 March 2017.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: former natural limestone arch in the Maltese island of Gozo
  • Also known as: “Azure Window”, “Blaues Fenster”, “It-Tieqa tad-Dwejra”, “It-Tieqa Żerqa”, “Lazurowe Okno”, and “Tieqa Zerqa”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Inland Sea and Fungus Rock.

Lagoon
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , sometimes called Il-Qawra in Maltese…

Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
, sometimes known as Mushroom Rock, and…

Tower
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is a small watchtower in Dwejra Bay… is situated 570 metres southeast of Collapsed Azure Window.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Lawrence and Gharb.

Village
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Lawrenz is an administrative unit of , on the island of .

Village
Photo: Alecastorina93, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Għarb is an administrative unit of Malta, located at the westernmost point of the island of .

Hamlet
Photo: Matthew2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santa Luċija is a hamlet in Kerċem, in Island, . is situated 3 km southeast of Collapsed Azure Window.

Collapsed Azure Window

Latitude
36.05356° or 36° 3′ 13″ north
Longitude
14.18826° or 14° 11′ 18″ east
Open location code
8F8P353Q+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3620075734
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q794354
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Collapsed Azure Window” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “طاقة الدويرة”
  • Arabic: “نافذة أزور”
  • Armenian: “Լազուրե պատուհան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Azur pəncərəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lacivərd pəncərə”
  • Bashkir: “Зәңгәрһыу тәҙрә”
  • Belarusian: “Блакітнае акно”
  • Bulgarian: “Лазурен прозорец”
  • Catalan: “Azure Window”
  • Catalan: “Finestra blava”
  • Chinese: “藍窗”
  • Czech: “Azurové okno”
  • Czech: “Bývalé Azurové okno”
  • Dutch: “Blauwe Raam”
  • Esperanto: “Blua Fenestro”
  • Finnish: “Sininen ikkuna”
  • French: “Fenêtre d’Azur”
  • Galician: “Azure Window”
  • Galician: “Xanela Azul”
  • Georgian: “ლაჟვარდოვანი ფანჯარა”
  • German: “Azure Window”
  • Greek: “Γαλάζιο Παράθυρο”
  • Greek: “Μπλε Παραθύρι”
  • Hausa: “Fensir mai launin shudi”
  • Hebrew: “חלון התכלת”
  • Hungarian: “az összeomlott kék ablak”
  • Hungarian: “Dwejra”
  • Indonesian: “Jendela Dwejra”
  • Italian: “Finestra azzurra”
  • Italian: “Finestra Azzurra”
  • Japanese: “アズール・ウィンドウ”
  • Korean: “아주르 윈도”
  • Latvian: “Azūra logs”
  • Lithuanian: “Žydrasis Langas”
  • Maltese: “It-Tieqa”
  • Maltese: “Tieqa tad-Dwejra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Azure-vinduet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asurvindauget”
  • Norwegian: “Azure-vinduet”
  • Persian: “پنجره آزور”
  • Polish: “Azure Window”
  • Portuguese: “Janela Azul”
  • Romanian: “Fereastra de Azur”
  • Russian: “Лазурное окно”
  • Slovak: “Azúrové okno”
  • Slovenian: “Azurno okno”
  • Spanish: “Azure Window”
  • Spanish: “Ventana Azul”
  • Swedish: “Azurefönstret”
  • Turkish: “Azur Penceresi”
  • Ukrainian: “Лазурне вікно”
  • Ukrainian: “Лазурове вікно”
  • Vietnamese: “Vòm đá Azure”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Blue Hole and Il-Ħofra tal-Bidwin.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Iż-Żerqa and Dwejra Kiosk.

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