Dwejra Bay
Rugged coastal bay with a black inland lagoon, sea caves and a guarded limestone islet offshore.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Dwejra Bay on Gozo, a ferry ride from Valletta, centres on the small limestone islet in the bay and the leafless red plant growing on its summit. It follows the Knights of Malta in the eighteenth century, the Gozitan historian who tied the rock's name to the plant's worth, and Grand Master Pinto's decree of seventeen forty-six. Stand where you can see the rock in the mouth of the bay.
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