Saint Thomas Tower
Saint Thomas Tower, also known as Fort Saint Thomas, is a large bastioned watchtower in Marsaskala, Malta. It was built in 1614, the third of six Wignacourt towers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tower
- Description: watchtower
- Also known as: “St Thomas Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Briconet Redoubt and Żonqor Battery.
Briconet Redoubt
Fort
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Briconet Redoubt, also known as Marsaskala Redoubt or the Vendôme Entrenchment, is a redoubt in Marsaskala, Malta. It was built in 1715 by the Order of Saint John as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the Maltese Islands. Briconet Redoubt is situated 1 km northwest of Saint Thomas Tower.
Żonqor Battery
Fort
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Żonqor Battery is an artillery battery in Marsaskala, Malta, standing on high ground overlooking Marsaskala Bay. It is a polygonal fort and was built by the British from 1882 to 1886. Żonqor Battery is situated 1 km northwest of Saint Thomas Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marsaskala and Marsaxlokk.
Marsaskala
Town
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Marsaskala, also known as Wied il-Għajn or Marsascala is a seaside town in the Southern Region of Malta. Originally a fishing village, it has grown into a tourist destination and a permanent hometown for an ever-growing population.
Marsaxlokk
Photo: Felix Koenig, CC BY 3.0.
Marsaxlokk is a small, traditional fishing village in the Southern Region of Malta. It has a harbour, and is a tourist attraction known for its views, fishing and history.
Southern Harbor of Malta
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The Southern Harbour of Malta extends around the natural harbour between Valetta and the Three Cities, with numerous settlements, most of them dating back centuries, on rocks and cliffs immediately around the harbour bay, as well as further inland.
Saint Thomas Tower
- Category: watchtower
- Location: Marsaskala, Malta, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Saint Thomas Tower” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Torre de Sant Tomàs”
- Chinese: “圣多马塔”
- German: “St Thomas Tower”
- German: “St. Thomas Tower & Battery (Torri U Batterija Ta’San Tumas)”
- German: “St. Thomas Tower & Battery”
- German: “St. Thomas Tower”
- Hungarian: “Szent Tamás-torony”
- Maltese: “Torri ta‘ San Tumas”
- Maltese: “Torri ta’ San Tumas”
- Polish: “Wieża św. Tomasza”
- Polish: “Wieża Św. Tomasza”
- Spanish: “Torre de Santo Tomás (Malta)”
- Spanish: “Torre de Santo Tomás”
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