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The
Mgarr Shelter can be found under Il-Barri Restaurant. The
Mgarr Shelter is one of the largest underground locations
of its kind in Malta reaching a depth of 12 metres and extending
to an overall length of over 225 metres. Dug entirely by hand
it has recently been restored and opened for public viewing.
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Today
the shelter provides a better understanding of the life led
by the Maltese during the Second World War. Now we can relive
their experience of descending into the depths of this underground
maze to bear witness to the harsh reality of shelter life.
See the weary and frightened families that spent hours in
the hope that these humid walls would not become their permanent
abode.
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See
where their children learnt their first and toughest lessons
about life and the world in which they would grow up. Enter
the silent rocky chambers that served as a home, a temple
and a refuge for the people of Mgarr during the wrath of the
enemy blitz during the Second World War. The Mgarr shelter
is an experience we would want to relive today but a reminder
of a life we would never want to return to.
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