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St Anthony's Battery

Malta · 18th century

Founded
1732
Location
Qala
Coordinates
36.03278°, 14.33528°
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St Anthony's Battery in Malta
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Description

Saint Anthony's Battery (Maltese: Batterija ta' Sant'Antnin) is an artillery battery in Qala, Gozo, Malta. It was built by the Order of Saint John in 1731 and 1732 as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the coasts of the Maltese Islands. It is one of only two surviving batteries on Gozo, the other one being Qolla l-Bajda Battery in Żebbuġ.

The battery is also known as Qala Battery (Maltese: Batterija tal-Qala) or Qala Point Battery (Maltese: Batterija ta' Ras il-Qala), and is known locally as It-Trunċiera (English: The Entrenchment).

Text adapted from “Saint Anthony's Battery” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

St Anthony's Battery ranks #6,967 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #36 of the 39 mapped in Malta. Founded 1732, it is older than 19% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 32 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Malta compares in the castle statistics.

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