Our Island Home
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Our Island Home
The Maltese Islands
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The Maltese Islands
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What is an island?
It is a land that is surrounded by the sea.
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Can you name some islands?
MaltaGozoCominoFilflaU.K.SicilyCyprusSardinia
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Have you ever been here?Ghar Dalam
means ‘cave of darkness’.
It has animal bones from the end of the Ice Age.
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What are these places or buildings called?
Mnajdra is a very old temple built in the Stone Age about 3000 years Before Christ.
It is found in the south of Malta near the
Hagar Qim temple.
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Hagar Qim Temples
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What is this place called?This is the
Blue Grotto.You can see
the small rock or island called Filfla from there.
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Do people live on this island?
• Noone lives on this small island.
• It is called Filfla and is one of the islets of the Maltese Archipelago.
• The cliffs that form this islet are about 60 metres high.
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A view of Gozo from the top.
This is called an aerial view of Gozo.
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Where is this beautiful place?
• This is the Blue Lagoon and it is found in the small island of Comino.
• Only one family lives on this island.
• Lots of tourists and Maltese people spend a day swimming in the clear blue waters.
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The Grand Harbour – Past & Present
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MdinaThe Silent city
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Sandy Beaches: Golden Bay and Ghadira Bay
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Rocks and Cliffs• These cliffs are
called Dingli Cliffs.• Our islands are
composed of sedimentary rocks.
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The Rotunda: Mosta Church
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The Red Tower
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National Plant & BirdBlue Rock Trush – Il-Merill
Widnet-il Bahar
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Our National AnthemLil din l-art helwa, l-Omm li
tatna isimha, Hares Mulej, kif dejjem Int harist: Ftakar li lilha bl-ohla dawl libbist.
Aghti, kbir Alla, id-dehen lil min jahkimha, Rodd il-hniena lis-sid, sahha 'l-haddiem: Seddaq il-ghaqda fil-Maltin u s-sliem
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The Maltese Flag & the George Cross