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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: “Collapsed Azure Window”, “Tieqa tad-Dwejra”, and “Tieqa Zerqa”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Inland Sea and Fungus Rock.

Lagoon
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The , sometimes called Qawra in Maltese and also known as Dwejra, is a lagoon of seawater on the island of linked to the Mediterranean Sea through an opening formed by a narrow natural arch.

Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
, sometimes known as Mushroom Rock, and among the Maltese as Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral, is a small islet in the form of a 60-metre-high massive lump of limestone at the entrance to an almost circular black lagoon in Dwejra, on the coast of , itself an island in the .

Tower
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is a small watchtower in Dwejra Bay, , which is on the island of in . It was completed in 1652, and is part of the Lascaris towers. is situated 570 metres southeast of Azure Window.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Lawrence and Għarb.

Village
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Lawrenz is an administrative unit of , on the island of . Its name is derived from Lawrence of Rome who is the patron saint for the locality.

Village
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is an administrative unit of , located at the westernmost point of the island of , with a population of 1,549 people.

Hamlet
Photo: Matthew2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santa Luċija is a hamlet in , in Island, . The hamlet takes its name from the church situated in the middle of the hamlet. The original chapel dedicated to St Lucy was recorded by inquisitor Pietro Dusina in 1575 during his apostolic visitation. is situated 3 km southeast of Azure Window.

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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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“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: “Azure Window”
  • Dutch: “Blauwe Raam”
  • Esperanto: “Blua Fenestro”
  • Finnish: “Sininen ikkuna”
  • French: “Azure Window”
  • French: “Fenêtre d’Azur”
  • French: “Tieqa tad-Dwejra”
  • French: “Tieqa Zerqa”
  • Galician: “Azure Window”
  • Galician: “Xanela Azul”
  • Georgian: “ლაჟვარდოვანი ფანჯარა”
  • German: “Azure Window”
  • German: “Blaues Fenster”
  • German: “Tieqa tad-Dwejra”
  • 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: “Azure Window”
  • Italian: “Finestra azzurra”
  • Italian: “Finestra Azzurra”
  • Japanese: “アズール・ウィンドウ”
  • Latvian: “Azūra logs”
  • Lithuanian: “Žydrasis Langas”
  • Maltese: “Azure Window”
  • Maltese: “It-Tieqa tad-Dwejra”
  • Maltese: “It-Tieqa Żerqa”
  • Maltese: “It-Tieqa”
  • Maltese: “Tieqa tad-Dwejra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Azure-vinduet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asurvindauget”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Azure Window”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tieqa Zerqa”
  • Norwegian: “Azure-vinduet”
  • Persian: “پنجره آزور”
  • Polish: “Azure Window”
  • Polish: “Lazurowe Okno”
  • Portuguese: “Janela Azul”
  • Romanian: “Fereastra de Azur”
  • Russian: “Лазурное окно”
  • Slovak: “Azúrové okno”
  • Slovenian: “Azurno okno”
  • Spanish: “Azure Window”
  • Spanish: “Tieqa tad-Dwejra”
  • Spanish: “Tieqa Zerqa”
  • Spanish: “Ventana Azul”
  • Swedish: “Azurefönstret”
  • Turkish: “Azur Penceresi”
  • Ukrainian: “Лазурне вікно”
  • Ukrainian: “Лазурове вікно”
  • Vietnamese: “Vòm đá Azure”
  • Welsh: “Tieqa tad-Dwejra”
  • Welsh: “Tieqa Zerqa”

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Highlights include Il-Ħofra tal-Bidwin and Coral Garden.

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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 “Azure Window”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.