Photos of the Southeast of Malta, Malta

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The Southeast of Malta

Across the Grand Harbour to the south of Valletta are the Three cities, the fortified cities that played such a significant role in the 1565 Great Siege of Malta. Senglea is also known by its Italian title Città Invicta; Birgu, is known by its title Città Vittoriosa; and Cospicua, is known by its titles Città Cospicua or Civitas Cottonera. Further east is the village of Kalkara, with its view of Valletta.

Catholic church of Paola
 
Street with steps, Senglea
 
View from Fort Saint Angelo, Birgu
 
Grand harbour, Vittoriosa
 
Piazza Vittoriosa
 
Interior St. Lawrence’s Church, Birgu
 
View from a gate, Birgu
 
View Dockyard Creek, Birgu
 
Couvre Porte Counterguard
 
Couvre Porte Gate
 
Street in Cospicua
 
Schoolyard in Cospicua
 
Notre Dame Gate, Cospicua
 
Rinella Bay, Kalkara
 
Valletta from Kalkara
 
Saint Joseph parish church, Kalkara
 
Coast in Xgħajra
 
Church of Our Lady of Graces, Żabbar
 
Marsaskala, across bay
 
Marsaskala, view across bay
 
Marsaskala, St. Anne's church
 
Bay in Marsaxlokk
 
Marsaxlokk, O.L. of Pompei church
 
St Catherine church, Żejtun
 
Tarxien Temples
 
St. Mary’s Parish Church, Gudja
 
St. Mary’s statue carried from church
 
Procession with Mary’s statue
 
Bay of Birżebbuġa
 
View to Qrendi
 
Mnajdra temple complex
 
Ħaġar Qim temple entrance
 
Ħaġar Qim oracle room
 
Ħaġar Qim temple
 
View of Wied Iż-Żurrieq
 
Blue Grotto, Wied Iż-Żurrieq
 

To the south of the Three Cities are the small towns of Paola, Gudja and Zejtun, and the Tarxien Temples, a megalithic temple complex dating to approximately 3150 BCE; it is one of the oldest freestanding structures on Earth. The small towns of Marsascala, Marsaxlokk and Birżebbuġa on the east coast of Malta were fishing villages but now also are popular vacation spots.

On the south coast, near the village of Qrendi, are the Mnajdra and Ħaġar Qim megalithic temple complexes. The oldest structures date from between 3600 and 3200 BCE (the Ġgantija phase). One of the temples in Mnajdra was built (or possibly rebuilt) in the late Tarxien phase (3150 – 2500 BCE). To the east is the Blue Grotto, several sea caverns at Wied Iż-Żurrieq, on the rocky coast.