hal saflieni hypogeum
states: [malta]
category: cultural
year: 1980
location: Commune of Paola, Island of Malta
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 35.8713400000, 14.5073900000
visited: 2011
The Hypogeum is an enormous subterranean structure excavated c. 2500 B.C., using cyclopean rigging to lift huge blocks of coralline limestone. Perhaps originally a sanctuary, it became a necropolis in prehistoric times.
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