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Lascaris Battery

Malta · 19th century

Founded
1854
Location
Valletta
Coordinates
35.89396°, 14.51284°
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Lascaris Battery in Malta
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Description

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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In the rankings

Lascaris Battery ranks #5,922 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #30 of the 39 mapped in Malta. Founded 1854, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 36 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Malta compares in the castle statistics.

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