The well known Wardija punic temple in Gozo, which commands amazing views of Fungus Rock and the Azure Window, needs to be preserved.

Gozitan John Michael Mizzi, who took the above photo, said the temple was well preserved until it was excavated by the Italians in the 1960s but once they finished their work they left the temple site to deteriorate.

When a French crew where filming in the area in the 1990s, a sculpture of the Punic Goddess Tanit was carved out from the temple and stolen, he said.

The temple is composed of a man made cave with six niches, two cisterns, some troughs and a round vase shaped well.

The well has a unique head with four groves to possibly hold some ritualistic wooden planks over it.