Wignacourt Tower

Northern Region · Malta

Wignacourt Tower, Malta
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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The oldest surviving watchtower built by the Knights of St John, this squat bastioned structure of 1610 guarded the entrance to St Paul's Bay. It anchored the early coastal warning system against corsair raids.

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