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St. Mary's Tower

Malta · 17th century

Founded
1618
Architect
Vittorio Cassar
Heritage status
Grade 1
Location
Għajnsielem
Coordinates
36.00694°, 14.32944°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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St. Mary's Tower in Malta
Photo: Wusel007 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Saint Mary's Tower (Maltese: Torri ta' Santa Marija), also known as the Comino Tower (Maltese: Torri ta' Kemmuna), is a large bastioned watchtower on the island of Comino in Malta. It was built in 1618, the fifth of six Wignacourt towers. The tower was used by the Armed Forces of Malta until 2002, and it is now in the hands of Din l-Art Ħelwa.

The tower is a prominent landmark of Comino, and can be clearly seen from both Malta and Gozo, as well as from the ferry between the islands.

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

In the rankings

St. Mary's Tower ranks #2,310 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #10 of the 41 mapped in Malta. Founded 1618, it is older than 30% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,000 times in the last 60 days, more than 73% of the atlas. 34 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Malta compares in the castle statistics.

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