UNESCO World Heritage Site

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum is a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in Malta, inscribed in 1980.

The Hypogeum is an enormous subterranean structure excavated c. 2500 B.C., using cyclopean rigging to lift huge blocks of coralline limestone. Perhaps originally a sanctuary, it became a necropolis in prehistoric times.

The Hypogeum is an enormous subterranean structure excavated c. 2500 B.C., using cyclopean rigging to lift huge blocks of coralline limestone. Perhaps originally a sanctuary, it became a necropolis in prehistoric times.

Country
Malta
Region
Europe
Category
Cultural
Inscribed
1980
UNESCO reference
130
Area
0.13 ha

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