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Southern Region

Fishing boats with eyes, cliff-top temples and a cave of ice-age bones.

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📷 Jean-Christophe BENOIST · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

The south of Malta is the island of fishermen and farmers, with the temples of Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra above the sea.

Musées à Southern Region

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L’histoire de Southern Region

On the cliffs near Qrendi, the temples of Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra face the open sea and the islet of Filfla; at Mnajdra, on the first days of spring and autumn, the rising sun shines straight through the main doorway. In Marsaxlokk, the harbour is full of luzzu boats painted blue, yellow and red, with the eye of Osiris on the bow to watch for danger – on Sunday mornings the fish market fills the waterfront. Near Birżebbuġa, the cave of Għar Dalam keeps bones of dwarf elephants and hippos from the ice age and the first traces of people on Malta. Eat fresh fish or aljotta, garlic fish soup, by the water.

  • 2temples on the southern cliffs: Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra
  • 5,900 BCfirst traces of people on Malta, found in Għar Dalam cave
  • 1eye on every luzzu bow, to watch over the fishermen

Southern Region à travers le temps

Les grands moments, et où les voir aujourd’hui.

  1. 5,900 BCThe first farmers arrive from Sicily and live in the cave of Għar Dalam.À voir: Għar Dalam →
  2. 3600 to 2500 BCThe temples of Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra are built with views to the sea.À voir: Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra

Que faire à Southern Region

  1. 01

    Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra

    Two temple complexes on the cliffs, with a visitor centre.

    Qrendi2 hours
  2. 02

    Għar Dalam →

    A cave and museum with ice-age animal bones.

    Birżebbuġa1 hour
  3. 03

    Tarxien Temples

    Temple stones carved with spirals and animals.

    Tarxien1 hour
Comment y aller

Venir à Southern Region

De l’aéroport au centre-ville en transports en commun, puis les trains et les lignes locales jusqu’aux musées.

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Malta InternationalValletta · Birgu · Mdina · Rabat

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Histoire cachée

The sun through the door

At Mnajdra, the temple builders made the sunrise mark the seasons.

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At the spring and autumn equinox, the first rays of sunlight pass straight through the main doorway of Mnajdra's lower temple and light up the inner passage. At the solstices, the light falls on the edges of two stone slabs. Whether the builders planned it as a calendar is still debated, but people gather at dawn to see it.