New look for Ggantija temples

Stone Pages ^ | September 24, 2011 | Malta Independent

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The Ggantija Temples are the most popular heritage site in Malta, and a lot of work has gone into restoring their structural integrity... The new project incorporates two new lightweight walkways which will now take visitors straight into the heart of the temples. The project also includes an interactive digital and virtual tour of Ggantija. The Temples have also been decked out with an environmental monitoring station which measures exposure to environmental elements and the site has been made safer with the installation of a remote security system...

Thanks to the construction of two walkways inside Ggantija, visitors will have full access to the temples. This structure protects the original prehistoric floors while providing visitors with better visibility. Another element which will further enhance the visitors' experience is the Vodafone Ggantija Interactive DVD-ROM which is a digitised version of the site with impressive 360 degrees photography, along with detailed descriptions of each of the areas of this UNESCO World Heritage Site...

The Ggantija temples were erected around 3500 BCE and are reputed to be among the very first free standing structures in the world. It has survived extraordinary well, its walls in places still standing to a height of seven metres. There are two adjacent temples, the southern one on the left having had part of its wall removed to allow the northern one to be built up against it.

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