Temporary visitor centre at Ggantija

A temporary visitor centre has been set up at the Ggantija Temples in Xaghra.

This first phase of the project houses a ticket booth and facilities that are presently used as an exhibition space for reproductions of early 19th century watercolours by Charles Frederick de Brocktorff, showing the Ggantija Temples and the Xaghra Stone Circle.

This space will later host the first museum shop at Heritage Malta sites in Gozo.

The reversible lightweight centre will be replaced by a permanent visitor centre.

An application for EU funds has been submitted by Heritage Malta for a new centre that is expected to be in place by 2013.

Works at Ggantija include the removal of the concrete walls around the temples, which are being replaced by a low-lying feature that will enhance the view of the temples' back wall immediately upon entering the site, together with the removal of the toilet facilities that are in close proximity of the temples.