This is a list of fortifications of Malta.
Prehistoric fortifications Name Image Location Built Status Bronze Age Scant remains c.1450 BC One bastion intact Bronze Age Scant remains Bronze Age Scant remains Bronze Age Scant remains Bronze Age Scant remains
Walled cities Name Image Location Built Builder Status c.13th–18th centuries Order of Saint John Mostly intact, undergoing restoration Antiquity–1622 Crown of Aragon Order of Saint John 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. A number of outer towers were places outside the Citadel. 1670–18th century Order of Saint John Mostly intact 1635–18th century Order of Saint John Mostly intact Antiquity–1746 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1638–1736 Order of Saint John Partially intact 1552–18th century Order of Saint John Partially intact 1566–1570s Order of Saint John Mostly intact, partially restored
Forts Name Image Location Built Builder Status 1910–1912 United Kingdom Intact, neglected 1875–1878 United Kingdom Intact, illegally occupied 1937–1938 United Kingdom Ruins 1749–1760s Order of Saint John Intact, redeveloped 1876–1888 United Kingdom Intact, restoration proposed 1872–1878 United Kingdom Intact, restoration proposed 1878–1880 United Kingdom Intact, used as a rescue corps headquarters and training school 1723–1733 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1940s United Kingdom Intact, restored 1878–1880s United Kingdom Intact, used as an ammunition depot 1875–1878 United Kingdom Intact, used as a school 1670–1693 Order of Saint John Intact, neglected 13th century–1690s Order of Saint John Intact, undergoing restoration 1552–1570s Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1872–1878 United Kingdom Intact, used as an aquaculture research centre 1552–1581 Order of Saint John Demolished, part of the base survives 1872–1900 United Kingdom Intact 1724 Order of Saint John Intact, neglected 1879–1883 United Kingdom Intact, used as an animal sanctuary 1793–1795 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1852–1856 United Kingdom Intact, used as housing estates and a school
Towers
Name Image Location Built Builder Status c. 1274 Angevins Modified Medieval-Order of St John Modified to be used as a clock tower and then destroyed in WWII 1494 Replaced by another tower in 1618 in the close proximity 1658 Order of Saint John Intact, abandoned 1659 Order of Saint John Demolished Intact Order of Saint John Collapsed Order of Saint John Intact Unknown Unknown Intact 1659 Order of Saint John Demolished 1652 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1605–1607 Order of Saint John Demolished 1658 Order of Saint John Ruins 1637 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1658 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1659 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1667 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1637 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1658 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1614–1616 Order of Saint John Collapsed, some ruins remain 1661 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1637 Order of Saint John Intact 1629 Order of Saint John Destroyed 1638 Order of Saint John Intact, used as a restaurant 1647–1649 Order of Saint John Intact 1638 Order of Saint John Intact, in the grounds of a hotel 1658 Order of Saint John Intact, used as a restaurant 1610–1611 Order of Saint John Intact, used as an aquaculture research centre 1658 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1618 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1620 Order of Saint John Demolished 1614 Order of Saint John Intact 1638 Order of Saint John Intact, restoration planned 1725-1726 Order of Saint John Intact Arab period Ruins Order of Saint John Intact 1659 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1659 Order of Saint John Intact 1610 Order of Saint John Intact, used as a museum 1650 Order of Saint John Intact, undergoing restoration 1659 Order of Saint John Ruins 1659 Order of Saint John Demolished Unknown Possible a dejma post in origins; present structure a 19th-century watch tower Intact, partially restored and partially reconstructed Order of Saint John Unknown (no longer exists) Notes: For privately built towers, see List of fortifications of Malta#Fortified houses and privately built towers.
Batteries
Name Image Location Built Builder Status 1715 Order of Saint John Intact, abandoned 1715 Order of Saint John Intact, used as a restaurant 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished, ditch survives 1878–1886 United Kingdom Intact, restoration planned 1799 Maltese insurgents Demolished 1798–1799 Maltese insurgents Demolished 1793 Order of Saint John Demolished 1888–1893 United Kingdom Intact, restoration planned 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished 1715 Order of Saint John Intact, used as a restaurant 1889–1894 United Kingdom Intact, restoration planned 1715 Order of Saint John Ruins 1798 Maltese insurgents Demolished 1799 Maltese insurgents Demolished 1854–1856 United Kingdom Intact 1757 Order of Saint John Demolished 1714 Order of Saint John Demolished 1798 Maltese insurgents Demolished 1761 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1897–1899 United Kingdom Partially demolished, one gun emplacement survives. 1715 Order of Saint John Heavily altered 1715 Order of Saint John Ruins 1715 Order of Saint John Intact, used as a restaurant and swimming pool 1716 Order of Saint John Intact, abandoned 1715 Order of Saint John Ruins 1715 Order of Saint John Ruins 1714 Order of Saint John Mostly intact, restoration planned 1878–1886 United Kingdom Intact, restored 1731–1732 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1715 Order of Saint John Battery partially intact, tower intact 1715 Order of Saint John Battery demolished, tower intact 1715 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished 1881–1886 United Kingdom Intact, abandoned 1798 Maltese insurgents Demolished 1602 Order of Saint John Destroyed, ditch survives 1798–1799 Maltese insurgents Demolished 1715 Order of Saint John Tower intact, battery rebuilt on modern interpretative lines. 1560s Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1798 Maltese insurgents Demolished 1872–1876 United Kingdom Intact, used as a restaurant 1889–1894 United Kingdom Demolished 1799 Maltese insurgents Demolished 1798 Maltese insurgents Demolished 1887–1890s United Kingdom Intact, restoration planned 1798 Maltese insurgents Demolished. The church around which the battery was built still exists. 1722 Order of Saint John Demolished, ditch survives 1715 Order of Saint John Intact, dilapidated 1715 Order of Saint John Blockhouse intact, gun platform destroyed 1715 Order of Saint John Gun platform intact, blockhouse heavily altered 1715 Order of Saint John Battery mostly intact, tower intact 1714 Order of Saint John Blockhouse intact, gun platform destroyed 1897–1899 United Kingdom Intact 1798 Maltese insurgents Demolished 1798 Maltese insurgents Demolished (one cannon remains) 1882–1886 United Kingdom Intact, used as a farm
Notes: Batteries located within larger fortifications are not included in the above list unless they are notable in their own right. Such batteries include: De Guiral Battery in Fort Saint Angelo Grunenburgh's Batteries in Fort Saint Angelo, Valletta and Senglea Low Battery in the Cittadella Several other batteries within the fortifications of Birgu Anti-aircraft batteries built in World War II are also not included.
Redoubts
Name Image Location Built Builder Status 1715 Order of Saint John Intact, used as a bar 1715 Order of Saint John Intact, used as a police station 1715 Order of Saint John Ruins 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished 1720 Order of Saint John Demolished 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished 1715 Order of Saint John Partially intact 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished 1715 Order of Saint John Intact 1799 Kingdom of Great Britain Demolished 1716 Order of Saint John Demolished 1799 Kingdom of Great Britain Demolished 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished 1715 Order of Saint John Ruins 1715 Order of Saint John Intact, used as a football club headquarters 1798 Maltese insurgents Demolished. The windmill around which the redoubt was built still exists. 1715 Order of Saint John Intact, restored 1715 Order of Saint John Demolished 1798 Maltese insurgents Demolished
Entrenchments
Name Image Location Built Builder Status 1761 Order of Saint John Demolished 1761 Order of Saint John Partially intact 1723–1732 Order of Saint John Ruins Order of Saint John Partially intact 1761 Order of Saint John Never completedLargely intact Order of Saint John Short stretch intact 1722 Order of Saint John Partially intact 1761 Order of Saint John Short stretch survives in ruins Order of Saint John Few remains survive 1720 Order of Saint John Few remains survive Order of Saint John Short stretch intact 1799 Kingdom of Great Britain Demolished 1761 Order of Saint John Partially intact 1761 Order of Saint John Never completedLargely intact 1761 Order of Saint John Short stretches intact 1761 Order of Saint John Ruins 1761 Order of Saint John Ruins Notes: Entrenchments were originally planned to be built around the entire coastline of the Maltese Islands. The ones listed here are those of which some remains survive, or which are definitely known to have existed.
Lines of fortification Name Image Location Built Builder Status 1871–1880 United Kingdom Mostly intact 1875–1899 United Kingdom Partially intact Notes: The Floriana Lines, Santa Margherita Lines and the Cottonera Lines are also lines of fortification, but they are listed with the walled cities since they are close to settlements.
Stop walls The 'stop wall' that plugged a fortification gap in Wied Żnuber
Fortified houses and privately built towers
Ta' Cirpisin Tower Castellan Country House Name Image Location Built Builder Status 1702 or 1775 Destroyed during WWII Intact Intact Intact. Built before 1649. Also known as tas-Sarretta Tower. Intact but machicolations removed. They appear to were still partially intact on 21 August 1933. Intact Intact Demolished, some stonework survives Dismantled; stonework used to build farmhouses Intact, restored Intact, converted into a farmhouse Destroyed during WWII Intact D'Aurel Family Intact Intact and used as a rural building with a close by watermill. Intact Intact. Also known as Tal-Kwies Tower. 18th century Unprofessionally modified in 1758 Intact
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