Verified36.0489° N · 14.2692° E · 115 m
Ġgantija Temples
Ggantija · Giants' Tower
Neolithic (Ġgantija phase)·Maltese Temple culture·🇲🇹 Gozo, Malta
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
About
About Ġgantija Temples
Pair of cloverleaf temples with walls to 6 m high, coralline blocks >50 t, among earliest free-standing stone structures (c.3600 BCE), surrounded by massive outer wall on Gozo plateau. Recorded context — Period: Neolithic (Ġgantija phase); Culture: Maltese Temple culture; Field status: excavated; Materials: stone; Condition: ruins.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3600–3200 BCE
- Period
- Neolithic (Ġgantija phase)
- Culture
- Maltese Temple culture
- Purpose
- Collective ritual
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3600–3200 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1315 CE
Abandonment
Location
Where it is
36.0489° N · 14.2692° E · 115 m
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