Triq il-Wiesgħa Tower
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Triq il-Wiesgħa Tower, originally known as Torre della Giddida and also called Mwejġel Tower, is a small watchtower near Żabbar, Malta. It was built in 1659 as the ninth of the thirteen De Redin tower
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World War II-era pillboxes near the tower
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Bengħisa Tower
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Bengħisa Tower, originally known as Torre di Benissa and also referred to as the Red Tower, was a small watchtower in Bengħisa, within the limits of Birżebbuġa, Malta. It was built in 1659 as the seve
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…fire. Had the tower fell within the line of fire, it would have most probably been demolished, as was done in other cases such as Delimara Tower and Bengħisa Tower, which were demolished to clear the lines of fire of Fort Delimara and Fort Benghisa respectively. By the early 20th century, the rear part of the tower…
Oil tanks at the Malta Freeport, with the site of the tower roughly at the centre of this picture