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    Wignacourt Tower (Maltese: Torri ta' Wignacourt), also known as Saint Paul's Bay Tower (Maltese: Torri ta' San Pawl il-Baħar), is a bastioned watchtower...
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  • The Wignacourt towers (Maltese: Torrijiet ta' Wignacourt) are a series of large coastal watchtowers built in Malta by the Order of Saint John between 1610...
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    The Wignacourt Aqueduct (Maltese: L-Akwedott ta' Wignacourt) is a 17th-century aqueduct in Malta, which was built by the Order of Saint John to carry...
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    The first of these was the Wignacourt Tower, built in 1610, which is now the oldest surviving watchtower in Malta. Qawra Tower was built by Grand Master...
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  • series of fortified towers on Malta built by Alof de Wignacourt from 1610 to 1620 Wignacourt Tower, the first of these towers Wignacourt Aqueduct, an aqueduct...
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    fortifications (the Wignacourt towers), and of the Wignacourt Aqueduct that brought water from the plateau above Rabat to Valletta. The Wignacourt Arch was built...
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    Malta. The original tower was built by the Order of Saint John between 1610 and 1611, being the second of six Wignacourt towers. An artillery battery...
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    Triq it-Torri ta' Alof de Wignacourt (Alof de Wignacourt Tower Street). This road refers to the Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower which the Knights of Malta...
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    building the Wignacourt towers, a series of six bastioned watch towers. During Grandmaster Lascaris' reign, a number of smaller towers were also built...
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  • of six Wignacourt towers, and collapsed in around 1715. The second was a Tour-reduit, which was built in 1720 and demolished in 1915. Both towers formed...
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    Lascaris towers. The tower's design is completely different from the rest of the Lascaris towers, but it is similar to the earlier Wignacourt towers. St....
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  • is completed. Fellows' Quad, Merton College, Oxford, is completed. Wignacourt Tower is built in St. Paul's Bay, Malta. 1611 The Catholic church of Virgen...
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  • Wien's displacement law Alof de Wignacourt, French-Maltese nobleman – Wignacourt Aqueduct, Wignacourt towers, Wignacourt Tower Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American...
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    of six Wignacourt towers. The tower was used by the Armed Forces of Malta until 2002, and it is now in the hands of Din l-Art Ħelwa. The tower is a prominent...
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  • Naxxar, Parish Church of Mellieha, Mellieha, Verdala Palace, Buskett, Wignacourt Tower, St Paul's Bay 1969 Battle of Britain 1968 A Twist of Sand Barrakka...
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    onwards. Towers and batteries restored by Din l-Art Ħelwa include Wignacourt Tower (1975–76 and 2003), Mamo Tower (1994–95), Għallis Tower (1995), St...
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    1614, the third of six Wignacourt towers. An artillery battery was added to the tower in the early 18th century. Saint Thomas Tower is the largest watchtower...
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    A number a coastal towers, built by Grandmaster Wignacourt, are traditionally attributed to Cassar and based on the Garzes tower. However this is probably...
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  • Kola Windmill Tarxien Temples The State Rooms Tunnara Museum Wignacourt Museum Wignacourt Tower Żabbar Sanctuary Museum Malta portal List of museums History...
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  • 1636. Unlike the earlier Wignacourt towers which were personally funded by the Grand Master, the cost of the Lascaris towers was paid by the Università...
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  • of his birth and death. He is claimed to have designed some of the Wignacourt towers and several churches, but there is no evidence of these attributions...
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    Malta. Notes: For privately built towers, see List of fortifications of Malta#Fortified houses and privately built towers. Notes: Batteries located within...
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    of six Wignacourt towers to be built. The tower was demolished in the late 19th century by the British military. Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower was built...
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    Selmun Palace (redirect from Selmun Tower)
    side, the design of which was inspired by the Verdala Palace and the Wignacourt towers. These bastions as well as fake embrasures were mainly built for aesthetic...
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    Della Grazie Battery (category Former towers)
    from the much earlier Wignacourt tower, the Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower that stood close to the present battery. The tower was demolished to clear...
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    personal secretary of Grand Masters Gregorio Carafa and Adrien de Wignacourt. The tower was completed in 1690, and served as the centrepiece of Gourgion's...
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  • 889704; 14.506835 (Curtain near Magazine Bastion) 01654 Upload Photo Wignacourt Tower and Watering Trough Triq Sarria MSPR0027 Upload Photo Pinto Stores...
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  • Wardija Tower The Westin Dragonara Westreme Battery What If We (song) Wied il-Għasel Wied Musa Battery Wignacourt Aqueduct Wignacourt Arch Wignacourt Museum...
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    Wignacourt Tower, St Paul's Bay White Tower, Ahrax, Mellieha Saint Mark's Tower, Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq Msida Bastion Historic Garden, Floriana Mamo Tower,...
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    Watchtower (redirect from Watch tower)
    structures armed with numerous cannons. They include the Wignacourt, de Redin, and Lascaris towers, named for the Grand Master, such as Martin de Redin,...
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