St. Agatha's Tower

Saint Agatha's Tower (Maltese: Torri ta' Sant'Agata), also known as the Red Tower (Maltese: Torri l-Aħmar), Mellieħa Tower (Maltese: Torri tal-Mellieħa) or Fort Saint Agatha (Maltese: Forti Sant'Agata), is a large bastioned watchtower in Mellieħa, Malta. It was built between 1647 and 1649, as the sixth of the Lascaris towers. The tower's design is completely different from the rest of the Lascaris towers, but it is similar to the earlier Wignacourt towers. St. Agatha's Tower was the last large-bastioned tower to be built in Malta.

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St. Agatha's Tower ranks #1,750 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #9 of the 29 mapped in Malta. Founded 1647, it is older than 28% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 626 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,599 times in the last 60 days, more than 72% of the atlas. 27 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Malta compares in the castle statistics.

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