Upper Temple

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Upper Temple is one of the prehistoric megalithic temple structures within the Mnajdra complex on the southern coast of Malta.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lower Temple 1
Upper Temple canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf megalithic temple ⓘ
prehistoric archaeological site ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Malta ⓘ
culture Maltese Temple Culture ⓘ
discoveredInCentury 19th century ⓘ
estimatedConstructionDate 4th millennium BC ⓘ
hasAccessFrom visitor centre at Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra Archaeological Park ⓘ
hasArchitecturalType megalithic trilithon ⓘ
hasBuildingTechnique dry-stone construction ⓘ
hasConservationStatus protected archaeological monument ⓘ
hasEntranceType monolithic doorway with lintel ⓘ
hasFeature corbelled masonry ⓘ
megalithic doorway ⓘ
orthostats ⓘ
paved forecourt ⓘ
stone altars ⓘ
hasFunction religious temple ⓘ
ritual site ⓘ
hasLayout multi-apse plan ⓘ
hasOrientation roughly south-facing ⓘ
hasPlanShape curvilinear apsidal chambers ⓘ
hasProtection protective shelter (Mnajdra complex) ⓘ
hasTourismType cultural tourism site ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
includedIn Mnajdra Archaeological Park ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage none known ⓘ
isOneOf three main temples at Mnajdra ⓘ
locatedIn Mnajdra ⓘ
locatedInRegion Qrendi ⓘ
locatedInSeaRegion central Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedNear Ħaġar Qim ⓘ
locatedOn Malta ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf southern coast of Malta ⓘ
managedBy Heritage Malta ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
nearbySite Lower Temple (Mnajdra) ⓘ
Middle Temple (Mnajdra) ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Mnajdra temple complex ⓘ
partOfUNESCOSite Megalithic Temples of Malta ⓘ
period Neolithic ⓘ
relativePositionInComplex uppermost temple at Mnajdra ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mnajdra → hasComponent → Upper Temple ⓘ
Mnajdra → hasComponent → Lower Temple ⓘ
linked to: Upper Temple