Coastal Towers of the Knights of Malta (Part 2)

This is the second part of the series about coastal towers erected by the Knights of Malta. The first part dealt with the towers built during the reign of Grand Masters Wignacourt and Lascaris. 1658-59 saw the construction of Grand Master Martino De Redin's famous set of 13 coastal watch-towers that were designed to send early warning signals along Malta's coast to Valletta. De Redin completed the set in 1660 with the tower at Mġarr ix-Xini on Gozo's southern coast. See also Ta' Sopu Tower built by Grand Master Cottoner in 1667 in the vicinity of San Blas and Daħlet Qorrot in Gozo.

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Coastal Towers of the Knights of Malta (Part 1)

A tour of the towers erected around the coasts of Malta and Gozo by Grand Masters Wignacourt and Lascaris during the period 1609 to 1652. Wignacourt's towers are massive structures that were armed with heavy artillery and strong garrisons. By contrast, Lascaris's towers were smaller affairs that served mostly as watchtowers (one notable exception being St. Agatha's Tower, or Red Tower, in Mellieħa that guarded the Malta/Comino channel as well as Għadira Bay). Lascaris's towers were the predecessors for De Redin's towers that were used to send early warning signals along Malta's coast to Valletta. De Redin's towers are featured in Part 2.

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