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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/50327| Title: | Ġgantija and the surrounding lands : insights through a late eighteenth-century contract |
| Authors: | Bugeja, Anton |
| Keywords: | Ġgantija Temples (Xagħra, Malta) Xagħra (Malta) -- Antiquities Xagħra (Malta) -- Description and travel -- 18th century Cassar Desain, Giovanni Battista, active 18th century Cultural property -- Protection -- History -- 18th century Historic preservation -- Malta -- History -- 18th century Contracts -- Malta -- History -- 18th century Deeds -- Malta -- History -- 18th century |
| Issue Date: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | The Archaeological Society |
| Citation: | Bugeja, A. (2015). Ggantija and the surrounding lands : insights through a late eighteenth-century contract. Malta Archaeological Review, 10, 31-39 |
| Abstract: | The deed through which Giovanni Battista Cassar Desain protected Ggantija is described and possible reasons behind his decision discussed. A plan accompanying the contract has been utilised to throw light on Ggantija and the surrounding late eighteenth-century landscape. Relevant contemporary representations are analysed to throw light on the state of Ggantija before the clearances of the 1820s. Caves, an underground spring, and a forgotten path have been rediscovered, highlighting the fact that the area remains largely unexplored. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/50327 |
| Appears in Collections: | MAR, Issue 10 (2010/2011) MAR, Issue 10 (2010/2011) |
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| Ggantija and the surrounding lands.pdf | 1.37 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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