HERITAGE RECORD · 130

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

哈尔•萨夫列尼地下宫殿

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

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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Wikidata reference

QIDQ755514 ↗

Area500 ha

Administrative areaQ846589

WikipediaĦal Saflieni Hypogeum ↗

Chinese Wikipedia哈尔萨夫列尼地宫 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

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