Qawra Tower
Qawra Tower, also known as Qawra Point Tower or Fra Ben Tower, is a small watchtower in Qawra, limits of St. Paul's Bay, Malta. It was completed in 1638 as the fourth of the Lascaris towers.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: watchtower in Malta
- Also known as: “Fra Ben Tower” and “Qawra Point Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Malta National Aquarium and Malta Classic Car Museum.
Malta National Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Malta National Aquarium is the largest aquarium in Malta. It is located in Qawra, in the northern part of the island of Malta, and it hosts more than 175 different species of various animals, including fish, mollusca, reptiles and insects. Malta National Aquarium is situated 150 metres southwest of Qawra Tower.
Malta Classic Car Museum
Museum
Photo: allen watkin, CC BY 2.0.
The Malta Classic Car Museum is a museum on the island state of Malta. The Classic Car Collection was created by Mr. Carol Galea, a car enthusiast. He became interested in classic cars after customising and building cars for local hillclimbing races. Malta Classic Car Museum is situated 570 metres southwest of Qawra Tower.
Buġibba Temple
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buġibba Temple is a megalithic temple on the border of Buġibba and Qawra towns, limits of St. Paul's Bay, Malta. A hotel was built on the grounds of the temple. Buġibba Temple is situated 780 metres southwest of Qawra Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qawra and Buġibba.
Qawra
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qawra is a coastal town on Malta, in the region of St. Paul's Bay which consists of several small towns. The town is sandwiched between Buġibba directly to the south-west and Naxxar to the south-east on the other side of the bay.
Buġibba
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buġibba is a coastal town on Malta, in the region of St. Paul's Bay which consists of several small towns. The town is sandwiched between Burmarrad to the south, Qawra to the east and St. Paul's Bay to the east.
San Pawl il-Bahar
Town
Photo: Yarah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Paul's Bay is a town located on the northeast coast of Malta in the Northern Region. It is a major residential and commercial area and a centre for shopping, bars, dining, and café life. San Pawl il-Bahar is situated 3 km southwest of Qawra Tower.
Qawra Tower
- Categories: defensive tower and building
- Location: Saint Paul’s Bay, Malta, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.95921° or 35° 57′ 33″ northLongitude
14.42469° or 14° 25′ 29″ eastElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Inception
1640Open location code
8F7PXC5F+MVOpenStreetMap ID
way 910044428OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tower
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Polish—“Qawra Tower” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Torre Qawra”
- German: “Qawra Tower & Battery (Torri U Batterija Tal-Qawra)”
- German: “Qawra Tower & Battery”
- German: “Qawra Tower”
- Hungarian: “Qawra torony”
- Maltese: “Torri ta‘ Fra Ben”
- Maltese: “Torri ta‘ Ras il-Qawra”
- Maltese: “Torri tal-Qawra”
- Polish: “Wieża Qawra”
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