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Underground burial complex used from around 4000 to 1500 BC, discovered in 1902 and inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Only ten people may be inside at any one time, so early booking is recommended.
Official siteheritagemalta.mt →Neolithic megalithic temples dating from 3800 to 2000 BC on the Xagħra plateau, listed as World Heritage with the other temples of Malta. Visits begin at an interpretation centre devoted to Neolithic life on the island.
Official siteheritagemalta.mt →Two megalithic temples over 5,000 years old, linked by a 500-metre footpath in Qrendi and inscribed by UNESCO in 1992. At Mnajdra, the rising sun at the equinoxes and solstices lights up specific points of the temple.
Official siteheritagemalta.mt →Conventual church of the Knights of St John, completed in 1577 to designs by Girolamo Cassar, soon after the Great Siege. Its oratory holds two paintings by Caravaggio, including The Beheading of St John the Baptist, painted around 1608.
Official sitestjohnscocathedral.com →The first building erected by the Knights in their new capital, the palace later became the British Governor's residence and hosted Malta's first parliament in 1921. Visitors can see the Armoury and the State Rooms with paintings of the Great Siege.
Official siteheritagemalta.mt →Star-shaped fort built in 1552 at the tip of the Sceberras peninsula, which held out for about a month during the Ottoman siege of 1565. The National War Museum inside covers 7,000 years of military history and displays the George Cross.
Official siteheritagemalta.mt →National art museum opened in late 2018 in the Auberge d'Italie, built in the late 16th century for the Italian knights, on Merchants Street. Its chronological route runs from the Neolithic to 20th-century Maltese art, with a strong Baroque focus.
Official siteheritagemalta.mt →Museum in an early 18th-century Baroque building, a former seminary on Archbishop's Square in Mdina, opened to the public in 1969. Its collections include silverware, manuscripts and a hall of prints by Albrecht Dürer.
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