Experience the Winter Solstice with Heritage Malta at the Mnajdra Temples on Saturday, the 21st of December.

The unique setting of the Mnajdra Temples at Qrendi, overlooking the coast, gives them a special charm not to be found in any other of the large-scale megalithic buildings of the Maltese Islands.

In a bid to provide an enhanced experience to visitors, only 40 people will be allowed access to the temples.

Sunrise on the first day of each season underlines the relationship between the temples and celestial bodies. Although it is not known for certain whether these orientations were intentional, they are so systematic that this is very probable. In prehistoric agricultural societies, observation of the motion of the stars, the moon and sun could have been related to the changing seasons and times of planting and harvesting crops.

The first rays of the sun will light up the edge of a megalith found to the right of the central doorway connecting the first pair of chamber to the inner chamber of the Lower Mnajdra Temple.

It will also includes a tour of Hagar Qim and Mnajdra Temples, as well as a chance to see the Visitor Centre.

Tickets can be purchased from all HM sites/museums for the price of €15 per person and €10 for HM, ICOM and ICOMOS members.

Meeting time is 06.30hrs in front of the Visitor Centre. Limited places available.

For further information call Heritage Malta on 21424231.

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