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Sliema Point Battery

Malta · 19th century

Founded
1872
Heritage status
Grade 1
Location
Sliema
Coordinates
35.91414°, 14.50714°
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Sliema Point Battery in Malta
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Sliema Point Battery (Maltese: Batterija tal-Ponta ta' Tas-Sliema), also known as Fort Sliema (Maltese: Il-Fortizza ta' Tas-Sliema), is an artillery battery in Sliema, Malta. It was built by the British between 1872 and 1876. The battery stands on the peninsula that separates Marsamxett Harbour from St. Julian's Bay. The battery was later used as a searchlight position, and it is now a restaurant known as Il-Fortizza (The Fortress).

The battery is located at Tower Road, one of Malta's most popular seaside promenades, which was named after the 17th century Saint Julian's Tower. Like Sliema Point Battery, this tower is now also used as a restaurant.

Text adapted from “Sliema Point Battery” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Sliema Point Battery ranks #7,307 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #37 of the 39 mapped in Malta. Founded 1872, it is older than 6% 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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