Ġgantija and Sansuna: How Malta’s Giants Became a Legend
On Gozo, one of Malta’s islands, stands a stone complex called Ġgantija. The name comes from “ġgant,” the Maltese word for giant. The two temples were built around 3,600–3,200 BCE, when Maltese builders had no iron and no wheeled transport system like the one used today. Their walls contain large limestone blocks, some several metres high. UNESCO lists Ġgantija together with Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra, Skorba, Ta’ Ħaġrat, an
On Gozo, one of Malta’s islands, stands a stone complex called Ġgantija. The name comes from “ġgant,” the Maltese word for giant. The two temples were built around 3,600–3,200 BCE, when Maltese builders had no iron and no wheeled transport system like the one used today. Their walls contain large limestone blocks, some several metres high. UNESCO lists Ġgantija together with Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra, Skorba, Ta’ Ħaġrat, and Tarxien among the world’s earliest free-standing stone buildings.
On Gozo, one of Malta’s islands, stands a stone complex called Ġgantija. The name comes from “ġgant,” the Maltese word for giant. The two temples were built around 3,600–3,200 BCE, when Maltese builders had no iron and no wheeled transport system like the one used today. Their walls contain large limestone blocks, some several metres high. UNESCO lists Ġgantija together with Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra, Skorba, Ta’ Ħaġrat, an
On Gozo, one of Malta’s islands, stands a stone complex called Ġgantija. The name comes from “ġgant,” the Maltese word for giant. The two temples were built around 3,600–3,200 BCE, when Maltese builders had no iron and no wheeled transport system like the one used today. Their walls contain large limestone blocks, some several metres high. UNESCO lists Ġgantija together with Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra, Skorba, Ta’ Ħaġrat, an
On Gozo, one of Malta’s islands, stands a stone complex called Ġgantija. The name comes from “ġgant,” the Maltese word for giant. The two temples were built around 3,600–3,200 BCE, when Maltese builders had no iron and no wheeled transport system like the one used today. Their walls contain large limestone blocks, some several metres high. UNESCO lists Ġgantija together with Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra, Skorba, Ta’ Ħaġrat, an
On Gozo, one of Malta’s islands, stands a stone complex called Ġgantija. The name comes from “ġgant,” the Maltese word for giant. The two temples were built around 3,600–3,200 BCE, when Maltese builders had no iron and no wheeled transport system like the one used today. Their walls contain large limestone blocks, some several metres high. UNESCO lists Ġgantija together with Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra, Skorba, Ta’ Ħaġrat, an