This is a list of fortifications of Malta. [1]
Name | Image | Location | Built | Status |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Name | Image | Location | Built [c] | Builder | Status |
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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 |
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Corradino Lines | ![]() | Paola | 1871–1880 | ![]() | Mostly intact |
Victoria Lines | ![]() | Rabat Mġarr Mosta Naxxar Għargħur | 1875–1899 | ![]() | Partially intact [19] |
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Name | Image | Location | Built | Builder | Status |
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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 |