Fortress
Fort Madalena
🇲🇹 Malta · 19th century
Fort Madalena, also known as Fort Madliena (Maltese: Il-Fortizza tal-Madliena), is a polygonal fort in Madliena, in the limits of Swieqi, Malta. It was built between 1878 and 1880 by the British as part of the Victoria Lines. The fort now falls under the responsibility of the Armed Forces of Malta and is used by the St John Ambulance and Rescue.
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Fort Madalena ranks #2,613 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #13 of the 16 mapped in Malta. Founded 1878, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 336 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how Malta compares in the castle statistics.
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