Xrobb l-Għaġin Tower
35°50′28″N 14°34′16.5″E / 35.84111°N 14.571250°E / 35.84111; 14.571250Type Coastal watchtower Site information Condition Ruins Site history Built 1659 Built by Order of Saint John Materials Limestone Wignacourt towers Lascaris towers De Redin towers Tour–Reduits Other Hospitaller towers Privately built
Xrobb l-Għaġin Tower (Maltese: Torri ta' Xrobb l-Għaġin), originally known as Torre di Siuarep,[1] is a ruined watchtower in Xrobb l-Għaġin, limits of Marsaxlokk, Malta. It was built in 1659 as the eighth of the De Redin towers. An entrenchment with two redans was built around it in 1761.[2] The tower is now largely destroyed since it was built of globigerina limestone which is prone to erosion. The remains of the tower's scarped base, as well as the general outline of the entrenchment, can still be seen.[3]
References
- ^ Ġrajjet Malta - It-Tielet Ktieb (in Maltese) (4 ed.). Sliema: Department of Education. 2006. p. 81.
- ^ Zammit, Vincent (1992). Il-Gran Mastri - Ġabra ta' Tagħrif dwar l-Istorja ta' Malta fi Żmienhom - L-Ewwel Volum 1530-1680 (in Maltese). Valletta: Valletta Publishing & Promotion Co. Ltd. p. 236.
- ^ "Delimara Gas and Power Combined Cycle Gas Turbine and Liquefied Natural Gas receiving, storage and re-gasification facilities - Environmental Impact Assessment - Appendix Two Volume One" (PDF). MEPA. ERSLI Consultants Ltd on behalf of Enemalta Corporation. 20 December 2013. pp. 23–25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2015.
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Historic watch towers of Malta
Associated with the Order of Saint John
- Wignacourt Tower
- St. Lucian Tower
- St. Thomas Tower
- Marsalforn Tower^
- St. Mary's Tower
- Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower^
^ Demolished/destroyed
1 Builder unknown or uncertain
1 Builder unknown or uncertain
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