Worth a Detour
Tarxien Temples
A complex of four megalithic temples from about 3000 BC, decorated with carved spirals and animals.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Neolithic Temples Street, TarxienDirections
- Getting There
- Bus from Valletta, about 20 minutes; near the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum.
Why Go
Farmers found the stones in 1914. The temples, part of the UNESCO listing, have altars carved with spirals, goats and pigs, and the base of a giant figure that may have shown a fertility goddess; the originals are in the archaeology museum in Valletta.
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