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Xagħra

The Gozo village of the giants' temples, a windmill and a stone circle.

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📷 Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

On a plateau in the middle of Gozo, Xagħra has the Ġgantija temples, one of the oldest buildings on earth.

Museums in Xagħra

Look inside, then pay your admission straight to the museum.

The story of Xagħra

Xagħra's square is one of the prettiest on Gozo, with its baroque church and cafés under the trees. A short walk away, the Ġgantija temples stand on the edge of the plateau, built around 3600 BC with stones taller than a person. Near the square, the Xagħra Stone Circle was an underground burial place where archaeologists found small stone figures of the temple people. The Ta' Kola windmill, built in the knights' time, shows how the miller lived. In September, Xagħra celebrates its festa of Our Lady of Victories with fireworks over the plateau.

  • 3600 BCthe Ġgantija temples are built
  • 1725Ta' Kola windmill is first built under Grandmaster Vilhena

Xagħra through time

The big moments, and where to see them today.

  1. 3600 BCThe first of Ġgantija's two temples is raised.See it: Ġgantija Temples

What to do in Xagħra

  1. 01

    Ġgantija Temples

    Two temples of giant stones and a visitor centre with the finds.

    Xagħra1 to 2 hours
  2. 02

    Ta' Kola Windmill

    A working windmill with the miller's house and tools.

    Xagħra45 minutes
Getting there

Getting to Xagħra

Almost every museum is easy to reach by public transport.

Getting around Xagħra

Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.

On the map

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Hidden story

The stone family

In a burial cave at Xagħra, archaeologists found a whole stone family.

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In the Xagħra Stone Circle, an underground burial place of the temple builders, archaeologists found a small group of stone figures, and two seated fat figures side by side, one with a small figure on her lap. Nobody knows who they represent – a family, gods or the dead – but they are now kept in the Ġgantija visitor centre and the Gozo Museum of Archaeology.