This is a list of fortifications of Malta.[1]
Name | Image | Location | Built | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Baħrija | ![]() |
Rabat | Bronze Age | Scant remains[2] |
Borġ in-Nadur | ![]() |
Birżebbuġa | c.1450 BC | One bastion intact[3] |
Nuffara | ![]() |
Xagħra | Bronze Age | Scant remains[2] |
Qortin | St. Paul's Bay | Bronze Age | Scant remains[2] | |
Ras il-Ġebel | Mġarr | Bronze Age | Scant remains[3] | |
Wardija ta' San Ġorġ | Siġġiewi | Bronze Age | Scant remains[3] |
Name | Image | Location | Built | Builder | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Birgu | ![]() |
Birgu | c.13th–18th centuries | ![]() |
Mostly intact, undergoing restoration |
Cittadella | ![]() |
Victoria | Antiquity–1622[4] | ![]() ![]() |
Intact. According to Ramon Muntaner (1283) a prominent Aragonite tower existed on the site in the whereabouts of the arch/remains of a Siculo-Norman style villa.[5] A number of outer towers were places outside the Citadel.[6] |
Cottonera Lines | ![]() |
Cospicua Birgu |
1670–18th century | ![]() |
Mostly intact[7] |
Floriana Lines | ![]() |
Floriana | 1635–18th century | ![]() |
Mostly intact[8] |
Mdina | ![]() |
Mdina | Antiquity–1746 | ![]() |
Intact, restored |
Santa Margherita Lines | ![]() |
Cospicua | 1638–1736 | ![]() |
Partially intact |
Senglea | ![]() |
Senglea | 1552–18th century | ![]() |
Partially intact |
Valletta | ![]() |
Valletta | 1566–1570s | ![]() |
Mostly intact, partially restored |
Name | Image | Location | Built | Builder | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fort Benghisa | ![]() |
Birżebbuġa | 1910–1912 | ![]() |
Intact, neglected |
Fort Binġemma | ![]() |
Rabat | 1875–1878 | ![]() |
Intact, illegally occupied |
Fort Campbell | ![]() |
Mellieħa | 1937–1938 | ![]() |
Ruins |
Fort Chambray | ![]() |
Għajnsielem | 1749–1760s | ![]() |
Intact, redeveloped[9] |
Fort Delimara | ![]() |
Marsaxlokk | 1876–1888 | ![]() |
Intact, restoration proposed |
Fort Leonardo | Żabbar | 1872–1878 | ![]() |
Intact, restoration proposed | |
Fort Madalena | ![]() |
Swieqi | 1878–1880 | ![]() |
Intact, used as a rescue corps headquarters and training school[10] |
Fort Manoel | ![]() |
Gżira | 1723–1733 | ![]() |
Intact, restored |
Fort Mellieħa | Mellieħa | 1940s | ![]() |
Intact, restored | |
Fort Mosta | ![]() |
Mosta | 1878–1880s | ![]() |
Intact, used as an ammunition depot |
Fort Pembroke | ![]() |
Pembroke | 1875–1878 | ![]() |
Intact, used as a school |
Fort Ricasoli | ![]() |
Kalkara | 1670–1693 | ![]() |
Intact, neglected |
Fort Saint Angelo | ![]() |
Birgu | 13th century–1690s | ![]() |
Intact, undergoing restoration |
Fort Saint Elmo | ![]() |
Valletta | 1552–1570s | ![]() |
Intact, restored |
Fort San Lucian | ![]() |
Marsaxlokk | 1872–1878 | ![]() |
Intact, used as an aquaculture research centre |
Fort Saint Michael | ![]() |
Senglea | 1552–1581 | ![]() |
Demolished, part of the base survives |
Fort Saint Rocco | ![]() |
Kalkara | 1872–1900 | ![]() |
Intact |
Fort San Salvatore | ![]() |
Birgu | 1724 | ![]() |
Intact, neglected |
Fort Tas-Silġ | ![]() |
Marsaxlokk | 1879–1883 | ![]() |
Intact, used as an animal sanctuary |
Fort Tigné | ![]() |
Sliema | 1793–1795 | ![]() |
Intact, restored |
Fort Verdala | ![]() |
Cospicua | 1852–1856 | ![]() |
Intact, used as housing estates and a school |
See also: Punic-Roman towers in Malta |
Notes:
Notes:
Name | Image | Location | Built[c] | Builder | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bengħisa Entrenchment | Birżebbuġa | 1761 | ![]() |
Demolished[17] | |
Birżebbuġa Entrenchment | Birżebbuġa | 1761 | ![]() |
Partially intact | |
Falca Lines | ![]() |
Mġarr St. Paul's Bay |
1723–1732 | ![]() |
Ruins |
Għajn Tuffieħa Entrenchment | Mġarr | ![]() |
Partially intact | ||
Louvier Entrenchment | Mellieħa | 1761 | ![]() |
Never completed Largely intact | |
Madliena Entrenchment | Naxxar | ![]() |
Short stretch intact | ||
Naxxar Entrenchment | ![]() |
Naxxar | 1722 | ![]() |
Partially intact |
Qawra Point Entrenchment | ![]() |
St. Paul's Bay | 1761 | ![]() |
Short stretch survives in ruins |
Qbajjar Entrenchment | Żebbuġ, Gozo | ![]() |
Few remains survive | ||
Ramla Entrenchment | Xagħra | 1720 | ![]() |
Few remains survive | |
Saint Julian's Entrenchment | ![]() |
St. Julian's | ![]() |
Short stretch intact | |
Saint Lucian Entrenchment | Marsaxlokk | 1799 | ![]() |
Demolished | |
Spinola Entrenchment | ![]() |
St. Julian's | 1761 | ![]() |
Partially intact |
Ta' Kassisu Entrenchment | Mellieħa | 1761 | ![]() |
Never completed Largely intact | |
Xgħajra Entrenchment | Żabbar | 1761 | ![]() |
Short stretches intact | |
Xrobb l-Għaġin Entrenchment | Marsaxlokk | 1761 | ![]() |
Ruins | |
Żewwieqa Entrenchment | Għajnsielem | 1761 | ![]() |
Ruins |
Notes:
Name | Image | Location | Built | Builder | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corradino Lines | ![]() |
Paola | 1871–1880 | ![]() |
Mostly intact |
Victoria Lines | ![]() |
Rabat Mġarr Mosta Naxxar Għargħur |
1875–1899 | ![]() |
Partially intact[19] |
Notes:
Name | Image | Location | Built | Builder | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sant'Angelo Tower | Birżebbuġa | 1702 or 1775 | Viani | Destroyed during WWII[20] | |
Armoury | ![]() |
Siġġiewi | Intact | ||
Bubaqra Tower | ![]() |
Żurrieq | c. 1579 | Don Matteolo Pisani | Intact |
Cardona Tower | ![]() |
Għarb | Cardona family | Intact. Built before 1649.[21] Also known as tas-Sarretta Tower.[22] Intact but machicolations removed. They appear to were still partially intact on 21 August 1933.[23] | |
Castello Lanzun | ![]() |
San Ġwann | 15th century–1713 | Wenzu Lanzun | Intact |
Gauci Tower | ![]() |
Naxxar | 16th century | Francesco Gauci | Intact |
Gourgion Tower | Xewkija | 1690 | Giovanni Gourgion | Demolished, some stonework survives | |
Ingraw Tower | ![]() |
Żejtun | 1603 | Clemente Tabone | Dismantled; stonework used to build farmhouses[24][25] |
Mamo Tower | ![]() |
Marsaskala | 1657 | Gregorio and Giorgio Mamo | Intact, restored |
Mari ta’ Qerqni Tower | Birżebbuġa | Unclear | Intact, converted into a farmhouse | ||
Sant'Antnin Tower | Żejtun | Destroyed during WWII[25] | |||
Santa Cecilia Tower | ![]() |
Għajnsielem | 1613 | Fra Bernardo Macedonia | Intact |
Ta' Bettina Tower | ![]() |
Marsaxlokk | c. 1740 | D'Aurel Family | Intact |
Tal-Buttar Tower | ![]() |
Marsaskala | Intact and used as a rural building with a close by watermill.[26] | ||
Tal-Gardiel Tower | ![]() |
Marsaskala | Intact | ||
Tal-Mozz Tower | ![]() |
Żejtun | 1628 | Intact.[25] Also known as Tal-Kwies Tower.[27] | |
Wied il-Qoton Tower | Birżebbuġa | 18th century | Unprofessionally modified in 1758 | ||
Verdala Palace | ![]() |
Siġġiewi | 1586 | Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle | Intact |