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Armstrong 100-Ton Gun - Fort Rinella, Malta - Victorian Coastal Artillery in Camouflage
Armstrong 100-Ton Gun - Fort Rinella, Malta - Victorian Coastal Artillery in Camouflage
The enormous Armstrong 100-ton gun at Fort Rinella in Kalkara, Malta, showing its distinctive camouflage-painted barrel, massive mounting and historic coastal artillery emplacement overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
Fort Rinella - Kalkara, Malta - Sunken Passageway and Concealed Fortifications
Fort Rinella - Kalkara, Malta - Sunken Passageway and Concealed Fortifications
An internal passageway at Fort Rinella in Kalkara, Malta, showing the limestone walls, recessed entrance, access staircase and grassy defensive embankments that helped conceal the Victorian coastal fortress within the landscape.