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
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
Saint Agatha's Tower
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Saint Agatha's Tower, also known as the Red Tower, Mellieħa Tower or Fort Saint Agatha, is a large bastioned watchtower in Mellieħa, Malta. It was built between 1647 and 1649, as the sixth of the Lasc
Wignacourt towers
…Cuba, such as Torreón de la Chorrera. Thirty years after the construction of the last Wignacourt tower, another bastioned tower was built in Malta – Saint Agatha's Tower in Mellieħa. This was built during the reign of Giovanni Paolo Lascaris, and it is therefore considered to be one of the Lascaris towers. In the late…
Northwest corner of St. Agatha's Tower
Inscription on the tower dated 1649