Xagħra Stone Circle
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Charles Frederick de Brocktorff, Public domain.
Photo: Hamelin de Guettelet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site
- Also known as: “Brochtorff Circle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ġgantija and Għejzu Cave.
Ġgantija
Photo: FritzPhotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Ġgantija is situated 380 metres east of 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 410 metres northeast of Xagħra Stone Circle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xewkija and Victoria.
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.
Victoria
Photo: ZiYouXunLu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Victoria, also called Rabat is in Gozo. It should not be confused with another town called Rabat on the main island of Malta.
Fontana
Village
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fontana, as a local council, is an administrative unit of Malta, on the island of Gozo, with a population of 985 people. Fontana is situated 2½ km west of Xagħra Stone Circle.
Xagħra Stone Circle
- Categories: stone circle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Xaghra, Gozo, Malta, Europe
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Latitude
36.04643° or 36° 2′ 47″ northLongitude
14.2649° or 14° 15′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8F8P27W7+HXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1247409747OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q844037
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Xagħra Stone Circle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “沙拉石圈”
- Czech: “Brochtorff Circle”
- Czech: “Brochtorffův kruh”
- French: “Cercle de pierres de Xagħra”
- German: “Brochtorff Circle”
- Hungarian: “Xagħrai kőkör”
- Japanese: “シャーラのストーンサークル”
- Maltese: “Iċ-Ċirku tax-Xagħra”
- Russian: “Круг Брошторффа”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Xagħra Local Council and Police.
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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 “Xagħra Stone Circle”. Photo: Charles Frederick de Brocktorff, Public domain.