List of fortifications in Malta

This is a list of fortifications of Malta.

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

sort|Benghisa Tower|Bengħisa Towersort|Birzebbuga|Birżebbuġacircacirca

Batteries

Name

Image

Location

Built

Builder

Status

1715

sort|Arrias Battery|Arrias Batterysort|Saint Paul's Bay|St. Paul's Bay

Redoubts

Name

Image

Location

Built

Builder

Status

1715

sort|Briconet Redoubt|Briconet Redoubtsort|Marsaskala|Marsaskala

Entrenchments

Name

Image

Location

Built

Builder

Status

1761

sort|Birzebbuga Entrenchment|Birżebbuġa Entrenchmentsort|Birzebbuga|Birżebbuġa

Lines of fortification

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

Fortified houses and privately built towers

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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