Saint Mary's Battery (Marsalforn)
Saint Mary's Battery | |
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Batterija ta' Santa Marija | |
Marsalforn, Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta | |
Coordinates | 36°4′32.7″N 14°15′27.4″E / 36.075750°N 14.257611°E |
Type | Artillery battery |
Site history | |
Built | 1715 |
Built by | Order of Saint John |
Materials | Limestone |
Fate | Demolished |
Saint Mary's Battery (Maltese: Batterija ta' Santa Marija), also known as Qolla s-Safra Battery (Maltese: Batterija tal-Qolla s-Safra) or Gironda Battery (Maltese: Batterija ta' Gironda), was an artillery battery in Marsalforn, limits of Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta. It was built by the Order of Saint John in 1715 as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the Maltese Islands.
The battery formed part of a chain of fortifications built to defend Marsalforn and nearby bays from Ottoman or Barbary attacks. Although the area was fortified by a number of towers, batteries, redoubts and entrenchments, all of these have been destroyed except for Qolla l-Bajda Battery between Qbajjar and Xwejni Bays.
The battery consisted of a semi-circular gun platform ringed by a parapet, and two blockhouses joined together by a wall. It has been demolished and no remains can be seen.
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- 18th-century fortifications
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- 18th Century military history of Malta
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