The Crystal Temple

I enjoyed my day-long visit to the Crystal Temple. Located at the end of the Three Giants Fjord, the Crystal Temple was originally dedicated to the queen Linga, in order to consecrate the mountain crystal found in the nearby mountains by making a nearly 15 foot (about 5 meter) statue made of the pink-orange kryptonite-rich crystal.


The Temple was long been damaged and the statue of the Queen destroyed and made into smaller crystal pieces, but there was enough left of the columns (with capitals typical of the Attland architecture) to restore the temple to its former beauty, and install a 10-meter centerpiece sculpture made of thousands of cyalith- and kryptonite-rich crystal pieces. The crystal balls are close approximations of the crystal lanterns, as described in the Queen Linga Chronologies found in her famous Sky Temple and Mausoleum.

Since the 14-mile long Three Giants Fjord is located on a mountainous, inaccessible stretch of the north shores, the only way to reach the temple is by a seaplane, helicopter or a hydrofoil service from Waldihnok.

Near the Crystal Temple there is a guest center and crystal factory outlet, where they sell almost anything made of the crystal - night lights, torchier lamps, chandeliers, watches, jewelry, etc. Further up the mountainside there is a Crystal hotel whose lobby closely reproduces the beauty of the temple's main hall.

The Three Giants are one of the tallest pillars peculiar to the island. These three pillars are 534, 869, and 1023 meters tall, from the nearest to the farthest.