Mamo Tower
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Mamo Tower, also known as San Tommaso Tower, is a fortified residence in Marsaskala, Malta. It was built by the Mamo family in 1657 on rising ground above St Thomas Bay on the east shore of Malta.
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Torri Mamo
The Chapel of St. Cajetan (also built by the Mamo family) with Mamo Tower in the background.
Wignacourt towers
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The Wignacourt towers are a series of large coastal watchtowers built in Malta by the Order of Saint John between 1610 and 1620. A total of six towers of this type were constructed, four of which surv
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…fields in a short raid by Barbary corsairs who landed at St Thomas Bay. Mamo tower was integrated into the Order's coastal defence system (along with Wignacourt, Lascaris and De Redin towers) and contemporary paintings show it flying the Order's flag. About 50 metres away from the tower, the Mamo family also…
Official portrait of Alof de Wignacourt
Saint Agatha's Tower, a Lascaris tower with bastioned turrets similar to the Wignacourt towers
Selmun Palace, whose design was influenced by the Wignacourt towers
Façade of Saint Thomas Tower with the defaced escutcheon and drawbridge visible