Ggantija temples restored

Restoration works at the Ggantija temples have been completed, the government said yesterday. The project, undertaken following a three-dimensional survey of the temples, was carried out through the European Union's Solidarity Funds. Following heavy...

Restoration works at the Ggantija temples have been completed, the government said yesterday.

The project, undertaken following a three-dimensional survey of the temples, was carried out through the European Union's Solidarity Funds.

Following heavy rains in September 2003 and the subsequent collapse of a section of the temples' outer wall, the Ministry for Gozo obtained Lm36,000 from the Solidarity Funds to carry out the necessary works.

A detailed scientific survey, the first of its kind in Malta to include a whole temple structure cost around Lm16,500.

Restoration works included the reinstatement of rocks that were dislocated because of the heavy rains.

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