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Ġgantija

Malta  ·  settlement  ·  36°02'50.2"N 14°16'08.7"E

Ġgantija is a settlement in Malta, megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic on the Mediterranean island of Gozo. Pyramason catalogues it as PYR-107796 at 36.04727, 14.26910 (36°02'50.2"N 14°16'08.7"E).

Wikidata records a construction date of about 3599 BCE.

Recorded heritage designations: Class A, part of UNESCO World Heritage Site.

There are 14 other catalogued sites within 5 km of it, 43 within 25 km and 68 within 50 km. That density is itself the finding: this is not an isolated monument but part of a worked landscape.

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The record

Pyramason IDPYR-107796
CountryMalta
Classified assettlement
Coordinates36.04727, 14.26910
36°02'50.2"N 14°16'08.7"E
Sites within 25 km43
Sites within 50 km68

What is around it

The shirt

This site is one of the fifty in Collection 01: the monument, its geometry, and these exact coordinates printed beneath.

See the Ġgantija tee

Further reading

English Wikipedia  ·  Wikidata Q216862