Kordin Temples
| Location | Corradino, Paola, Malta |
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| Coordinates | 35°52′52.5″N 14°30′17.8″E / 35.881250°N 14.504944°E |
| Type | Temple |
| Part of | Megalithic Temples of Malta |
| History | |
| Material | Limestone |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1880s–1909 |
| Archaeologists |
Antonio Annetto Caruana Thomas Ashby Thomas Eric Peet |
| Condition | Destroyed |
| Location | Corradino, Paola, Malta |
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| Coordinates | 35°52′52.3″N 14°30′22.4″E / 35.881194°N 14.506222°E |
| Type | Temple |
| Part of | Megalithic Temples of Malta |
| History | |
| Material | Limestone |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1840–1909 |
| Archaeologists | Cesare Vassallo Antonio Annetto Caruana Albert Mayer Thomas Ashby Thomas Eric Peet |
| Condition | Destroyed |
View of Kordin III
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| Location | Corradino, Paola, Malta |
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| Coordinates | 35°52′37.5″N 14°30′32.4″E / 35.877083°N 14.509000°E |
| Type | Temple |
| Part of | Megalithic Temples of Malta |
| History | |
| Material | Limestone |
| Founded | c.3700 BC |
| Abandoned | c.2500 BC |
| Periods |
Mġarr phase Ġgantija phase Tarxien phase |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1870s–1961 2015–present |
| Archaeologists | Cesare Vassallo Antonio Annetto Caruana Thomas Ashby Thomas Eric Peet John Davies Evans David Trump Caroline Malone |
| Condition | Ruins (poorly preserved) |
| Ownership | Government of Malta |
| Management | Heritage Malta |
| Public access | By appointment |
The Kordin Temples are a group of megalithic temples on Corradino Heights in Paola, Malta. The temples were inhabited from pre-history, by Phoenicians and then by the Greeks and Roman periods. In the 17th century the site belonged to Giovanni Francesco Abela. He had excavated several sites in the whereabouts, and had his country residence in the area. He had originally planned to write his will to the Order, but eventually left his villa, that was used as Malta's first museum, known as Museo di San Giacomo, and the surrounding lands to the Jesuits. The land still belonged to the Jesuits, until their expulsion in the 18th century by the Order when all their land and property was taken by the treasury. The site was escavated during the Order of St. John on the order of Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca by archeologist Gio Antonio Barbaro. The temples were then extensively excavated by Sir during the British period.
Originally there were three temple complexes, but two of these have been destroyed, and only the site of Kordin III survives. The remains were included on the Antiquities List of 1925.
The temples are located on a plateau overlooking the Grand Harbour, originally called Kortin during the Order of St. John and now Kordin or Corradino. Other megalithic sites in the vicinity include the Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni and the Tarxien Temples.
Kordin I was located on a terrace on the west slopes of Corradino Heights, overlooking Marsa. It consisted of small and irregular rooms, and was poorly preserved when it was discovered. It was first surveyed in the 1880s. The first excavations were made by Antonio Annetto Caruana, and were continued under in 1908, and Thomas Ashby and Thomas Eric Peet in 1909.
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