Archaeological Sites
Discover the ancient history of St. Paul's Bay through a collection of sites spanning the Megalithic, Phoenician, and Roman periods. This list features the San Pawl Milqi Roman Villa, the largest discovered in Malta, and the Tal-Qadi Temple with its unique fan-shaped layout. Explore specialized ancient industries through rock-cut Roman apiaries and coastal bathing pools, alongside mysterious prehistoric cart ruts and traditional corbelled stone huts that illustrate centuries of human habitation and agricultural practice in the region.
A San Pawl Milqi Roman Villa
San Pawl Milqi are the ruins of a Roman period agricultural villa and pagan temple, the largest ever discovered in Malta.
B Tal-Qadi Temple
Tal-Qadi Temple is a megalithic temple in Salina, limits of Naxxar, Malta.
C Roman Apiaries
Ancient rock-cut structures designed for traditional Maltese beekeeping and honey production.
Phoenician Cart Ruts
Parallel tracks carved into the limestone bedrock, indicative of ancient transport or quarrying systems.
Phoenician Tombs
Rock-cut burial chambers dating back to the Punic period.
Roman Bath
Archaeological remains of a small-scale thermal bathing facility from the Roman era.
Bathing pools
Rock-cut pools located along the shoreline, likely used for bathing or industrial purposes in antiquity.
Corbelled Hut
A traditional Maltese dry-stone 'girna' used by farmers for shelter and storage.
Cave dwelling
Evidence of historic troglodytic habitation within natural limestone formations.
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