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Ġgantija

megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic on the Mediterranean island of Gozo
PlaceOfWorship temple Q216862

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
temple, archaeological site[4]
Inception
3600 BC[9]
Owned by
Heritage Malta[6]
Country
Malta[3]
Part of
Megalithic Temples of Malta[8]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 36.047°, 14.269°
Heritage designation
Class A, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[11][12]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Xagħra[2]
Made from material
limestone[7]
Maintained by
Heritage Malta[5]
Significant event
UNESCO World Heritage Site record modification[10]
Street address
Triq l-Imqades[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ġgantija cs Ggantija da Ggantija de Ggantija de Gigantija de Tempel von Gigantija el Τζγκαντία el Τζγκαντίγια es Ggantia es Ggantija fa جگانتیا fr Ggantija hi गंतिजा it Ġgantija it Gigantia ja ジュガンティーヤ ko 즈간티야 nl Ggantija nl Ġgantija nl Megalithische tempels van Ggantija
🔖 Identifiers · 15
VIAF cluster ID
247854617
GND ID
4799170-7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ggantija Temple on Gozo (cropped).jpg ↗
ArchINFORM project ID
11630
Atlas Obscura place ID
ggantija-temples
BabelNet ID
03754050n
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Ggantija
Freebase ID
/m/03jx_y
GNS Unique Feature ID
-18497
GeoNames ID
2563097
Google Arts & Culture partner ID
ggantija-temples
Maltese Islands National Inventory of Cultural Property ID
00001
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OpenStreetMap way ID
29546608
Pleiades ID
62131047
World Heritage Site ID
132ter-001

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Europe/Malta 2026-09-26 S/ANS · MT GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
temple, archaeological site
Belongs to 1
Megalithic Temples of Malta
Country 1
Malta
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Xagħra
Made from material 1
limestone
Maintained by 1
Heritage Malta
Owned by 1
Heritage Malta
Owns / has subsidiaries 1
Heritage Malta
Part of 1
Megalithic Temples of Malta
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Summary

Ġgantija is a temple[1].

Related Entities

Malta

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . culturalheritage.gov.mt. culturalheritage.gov.mt. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . culturalheritage.gov.mt. culturalheritage.gov.mt. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Xagħra
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo',
    Inception → -3600-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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