<< Our Photo Pages >> Santa Verna - Ancient Temple in Malta in Gozo
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Multi-periodSite Name: Santa VernaCountry: Malta Island: Gozo Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Victoria Nearest Village: Xaghra
Latitude: 36.047000N Longitude: 14.260000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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This ruinous monument is of a temple on Gozo which probably rivalled in importance those of the major temples, Ggantija, Tarxien and Hagar Qim.
The site was first excavated in 1911 when all that was found were the surviving group of 3 uprights, the tallest being over 7' high, 3 horizontal blocks lining the eastern side of the uprights, and a beaten earth floor from which it was possible to make out a typical trefoil or 3-apse temple design.
Co-ordinates taken from a map.
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