About
Dwejra
Dwejra, off the village of San Lawrenz, is the name of a port and inlet on the western coast of Gozo. Its name is the diminutive of dar, a small house, possibly so called after a little dwelling on the spot. Id-Dwejra prides itself with some of the island’s wonders of nature: Il-Qawra, a natural sea-water pool, and Ħaġret il-Ġeneral, a cylindrical rock in the sea that almost blocks the entrance to the semi-circular id-Dwejra port. This rock became famous for an endemic plant, known locally as għerq sinjur. Its dried tubers were pulverized, mixed with water or wine, and drunk to relieve a variety of ailments and illnesses. Another wonder, it-Tieqa taż-Żerqa, the Azure Window, a huge window-shaped cutting in rocks collapsed during a storm in March 2017. It has a small church dedicated to Saint Anne.
Id-Dwejra, ’l isfel mir-raħal ta’ San Lawrenz, huwa l-isem ta’ port u daħla fil-kosta tal-punent ta’ Għawdex. L-isem hu d-diminuttiv ta’ dar, dar żgħira, possibbilment hekk imsejħa għax xi djar żgħar tas-sajjieda. Id-Dwejra hi miżgħuda b’numru ta’ għeġubijiet tan-natura: Il-Qawra, għadira naturali bl-ilma baħar li jidħol ġo fiha minn lifurna, jiġifieri għar u passaġġ imħaffer mill-mewġ; u Ħaġret il-Ġeneral, blata ċilindrika mdaqqsa fil-baħar li kważi timblokka d-daħla tal-port semi-ċirkolari tad-Dwejra. Din il-Ħaġra saret famuża għal pjanta endemika, magħrufa lokalment bħala Għerq sinjur. Il-basal imnixxef tagħha kien jintaħan trab, jitħallat mal-ilma jew l-imbid, u t-taħlita tinxtorob biex ittaffi diversi forom ta' mard. Attrazzjoni kbira oħra kienet it-Tieqa taż-Żerqa, qatgħa enormi qisha tieqa fil-blat. Din waqgħet waqt maltempata kbira f’Marzu 2017. Hemm knisja ddedikata lil Sant’Anna.
