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Several megalithic remains have been found, including the temple of Għajn Żejtuna, as well as several caves and tombs, in which tools and pottery fragments were found. [5] During the Roman period, troglodytes began to live in the caves of Mellieħa's valleys. The cave settlements continued to exist during Byzantine rule, but were abandoned in ...
Mellifont Abbey (Irish: An Mhainistir Mhór, literally 'the Big Monastery'), was a Cistercian abbey located close to Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. It was the first abbey of the order to be built in Ireland. In 1152, it hosted the Synod of Kells-Mellifont. After its dissolution in 1539, the abbey became a private manor house.
View of the church overlooking Mellieħa Bay, 2006. The parish of Mellieħa was first established in the 15th century or earlier, but in later centuries the village ceased to be a parish since the settlement was prone to attacks from the Barbary pirates and it was abandoned.
This is a list of megalithic monument on the island of Ireland. Megalithic monuments are found throughout Ireland , and include burial sites (including passage tombs , portal tombs and wedge tombs (or dolmens) ) and ceremonial sites (such as stone circles and stone rows ).
The Devil's Farmhouse, also known in Maltese as Ir-Razzett tax-Xitan, [2] and officially as Ir-Razzett Tax-Xjaten (The Farmhouse of the Devils or The Devils' Farmhouse), [3] is an 18th-century farmhouse in Mellieħa, Malta. [4]
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa (Maltese: Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Mellieħa) is a Roman Catholic church in the village of Mellieħa in Malta.The sanctuary originated as a natural cave which was consecrated as a church at an unknown date, and local traditions link its establishment to antiquity or the medieval period.
Name of object Location Coordinates ID Photo Upload Aħrax Tower and Battery: Triq ir-Ramla tat-Torri l-Abjad: 00032: Upload Photo: Red Tower: Triq tad-Daħar: 00033: Upload Photo
View of Għadira Bay, with the site of the redoubt in the centre. Mellieħa Redoubt was built in 1715–1716 as part of the first building programme of coastal fortifications in Malta.