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Fort St Angelo - Birgu, Malta - Historic Gun Emplacements of Battery No. 4
Fort St Angelo - Birgu, Malta - Historic Gun Emplacements of Battery No. 4
The historic gun positions of Battery No. 4 at Fort St Angelo in Birgu, Malta, featuring surviving curved artillery tracks, limestone paving and defensive parapets overlooking Grand Harbour.
Fort St Angelo - Birgu, Malta - Circular Artillery Mounting on the Upper Battery
Fort St Angelo - Birgu, Malta - Circular Artillery Mounting on the Upper Battery
The remains of a circular artillery mounting at Fort St Angelo in Birgu, Malta, showing the metal traversing track and central fixing plate of a former coastal defence gun.
Fort Rinella - Kalkara, Malta - Historic Ammunition Railway Inside the Fort
Fort Rinella - Kalkara, Malta - Historic Ammunition Railway Inside the Fort
Historic narrow-gauge ammunition tracks running through a vaulted limestone chamber at Fort Rinella in Kalkara, Malta, illustrating the ammunition-handling arrangements associated with the Armstrong 100-ton coastal defence gun.
Fort Mosta - Mosta, Malta - Limestone Defensive Wall Above the Green Escarpment
Fort Mosta - Mosta, Malta - Limestone Defensive Wall Above the Green Escarpment
A limestone defensive wall at Fort Mosta, Malta, overlooking a steep hillside covered with Mediterranean shrubs, exposed rocks and green agricultural terraces.
Dwejra Lines - Binġemma Gap, Malta - Curving Defensive Wall Across the Green Valley
Dwejra Lines - Binġemma Gap, Malta - Curving Defensive Wall Across the Green Valley
An elevated view of the Dwejra Lines at Binġemma Gap, Malta, showing a long limestone defensive wall with regularly spaced openings crossing a steep, vegetation-covered valley.
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