San Pawl Milqi Roman Villa
San Pawl Milqi are the ruins of a Roman period agricultural villa and pagan temple, the largest ever discovered in Malta. A Christian church was built on the site based on the Biblical mention of the shipwreck of Saint Paul on the island.Photo: Nitramserolf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological Site in Malta
- Also known as: “San Pawl Milqi” and “Villa Rumana San Pawl Milqi”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Burmarrad Parish Church and Tal-Qadi Temple.
Burmarrad Parish Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burmarrad Parish Church is situated 290 metres northeast of San Pawl Milqi Roman Villa.
Tal-Qadi Temple
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tal-Qadi Temple is a megalithic temple in Salina, limits of Naxxar, Malta. It is in a very bad state of preservation, with only the temple's general outline still visible. Tal-Qadi Temple is situated 1 km northeast of San Pawl Milqi Roman Villa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burmarrad and Buġibba.
Burmarrad
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burmarrad is a hamlet in St. Paul's Bay, Malta. The main heritage site is the San Pawl Milqi zone, where there is a chapel dedicated to St. Paul, built on the remains of a Roman temple dedicated to Apollo, and according to tradition the remains of the home of St.
Buġibba
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buġibba is a coastal town on Malta, in the region of St. Paul's Bay which consists of several small towns. The town is sandwiched between Burmarrad to the south, Qawra to the east and St. Paul's Bay to the east.
Wardija
Hamlet
Photo: Continentaleurope, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wardija is a hamlet in St. Paul's Bay, Malta, about 363 feet above sea level. Its name is corrupted from the Sicilian or Italian word guardia, meaning 'to watch').
San Pawl Milqi Roman Villa
- Categories: Roman villa, ancient Roman structure, tourist attraction, historic site, and tourism
- Location: Saint Paul’s Bay, Malta, Europe
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Latitude
35.93342° or 35° 56′ 0″ northLongitude
14.41185° or 14° 24′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8F7PWCM6+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 319344108OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q3947778
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“San Pawl Milqi Roman Villa” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “San Pawl Milqi”
- French: “San Pawl Milqi”
- German: “Römische Villa „San Pawl Milqi“”
- German: “San Pawl Milqi”
- Hebrew: “סן פאול מילקי”
- Italian: “San Pawl Milqi”
- Maltese: “San Pawl Milqi”
- Polish: “San Pawl Milqi”
- Spanish: “San Pawl Milqi”
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Highlights include Cemetery of Divine Mercy and Saint Margaret Chapel (Għajn Riħana).
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