Għar il-Kbir, or the Great Cave, is called a troglodytic settlement, i.e. a complex of caves probably inhabited by the ancestors of today's people. It consists of eight natural caverns, arranged on two levels. Some of them bear traces of artificial enlargement, in many there are stone walls and partitions. The caves are fully accessible to visitors.
It is uncertain how long the caves have been inhabited. Their known history, recorded in written sources, dates back to the 15th century. Rock niches were a shelter for people during the 16th and 17th centuries, when they were inhabited by as many as 24 families (about 120 people), together with numerous animals. The last inhabitants left Għar il-Kbir only when they were forced to do so by the British.
Għar il-Kbir, together with their residents, became a kind of tourist attraction as early as the 17th and 18th centuries. The first description of this place is in the book "Mundus Subterraneus" ("Underground World"), the famous scholar and theologian Atanazy Kircherer (1602 -1680).
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