Fortress
Lascaris Battery
🇲🇹 Malta · 19th century
Lascaris Battery (Maltese: Batterija ta' Lascaris), also known as Fort Lascaris (Maltese: Forti Lascaris) or Lascaris Bastion (Maltese: Sur ta' Lascaris), is an artillery battery located on the east side of Valletta, Malta. The battery was built by the British in 1854, and it is connected to the earlier St. Peter & Paul Bastion of the Valletta Land Front. In World War II, the Lascaris War Rooms were dug close to the battery, and they served as Britain's secret headquarters for the defence of the island.
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Lascaris Battery ranks #5,938 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #30 of the 38 mapped in Malta. Founded 1854, it is older than 8% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 655 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 35 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Malta compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Lascaris Battery?
Lascaris Battery stands in Malta, at 35.89396°, 14.51284°.
When was Lascaris Battery built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1854. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Lascaris Battery?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,938 of 8,764 worldwide, and #30 in Malta. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Lascaris Battery?
Saluting Battery, about 1 km away.
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