Fortifications of Mdina
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The fortifications of Mdina are a series of defensive walls which surround Mdina, the former capital city of Malta from antiquity to the medieval period. The city was founded as Maleth by the Phoenici
Aerial view of Mdina and its fortifications
Mdina as seen from Mtarfa
Painting of the Great Siege of Malta with Mdina at the bottom
The plan on the left shows the proposal to reduce Mdina's size by half, with the proposal being overlaid on a plan of the city's existing fortifications. The plan on the right shows a similar proposal to modernize Gozo's Cittadella.
Fortifications of Malta
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The fortifications of Malta consist of a number of walled cities, citadels, forts, towers, batteries, redoubts, entrenchments and pillboxes. The fortifications were built over hundreds of years, from
Fort Saint Angelo in Birgu
Bronze Age defensive wall at Borġ in-Nadur
The northern walls of the Cittadella were built in the 15th century
Seaward fortifications of Senglea