Ggantija Temples

Victor Borg
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Ggantija Prehistoric Temples

  • January 4, 2004
  • Rated 3 of 5 by Greebot from Watford, United Kingdom
Ggantija Prehistoric Temples

Buy the guide from the man at the gate.

The remains of two of the oldest temples in the islands (and thus the world) - the walls stand 6 metres high in places. They show most of the attributes shown by the other temples on the islands.

Also visit the marble church (1815) and the caves while you are in Xaghra.

From journal Christmas in Malta

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Ggantija Temples

  • September 1, 2000
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Victor Borg from London, United Kingdom
This is the oldest building in the world, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's a primitive stone temple built in the Neolithic era 5,500 years ago and it is still standing today - proof of the architectural solidity. Its largest stone is large as a pickup and weighs 55 tons. It is a shrine to the fertility cult - the religious path of fertility, death and rebirth of the people and the land that the temple people worshipped and revered. The two twin temples at Ggantija have lobed chambers opening into one another, with altars and motifs engraved on the interior; especially the spiral motif, symbolizing the cyclical nature of the temple people's beliefs. The temples' outline follows the profile of what archeologists call the 'fat ladies' - sculptures of well-endowed women that symbolised the deity of feritility.

From journal Backyard Gozo

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