This is one of a series of six large coastal watchtowers built between 1610 and 1620 under Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt. Four of these towers survive. This is also the oldest surviving watchtower in Malta.
The construction of five of the six towers was funded personally by Wignacourt, amounting to a total cost of 55,519 scudi. The only tower which was not financed by Wignacourt was Marsalforn Tower on Gozo, which was financed directly by the Order. The Wignacourt towers remained in use for coastal defence until the early years of British rule.
In 1970 the tower was leased to Din l-Art Ħelwa, a non-governmental, non-profit National Trust founded in 1965 to safeguard Malta's cultural heritage . It was restored between 1973 and 1976 and again in 2015.
I would have prefered to see the area around the tower completely clear of cars – they just do not integrate with the scene. If it were for me I would declare the area as a no parking zone even if there is a lack of parking spaces all over the Island including St Paul’s Bay.
Many thanks for looking and for your comments and the fav's on yesterday's picture.
Love to see historical buildings and know of it past. The cars are a pity. I always try to avoid capture them.
We are not of, take a foreign holiday, people but we love to get to the country side at sunday`s . So we often take a part of it and drive around. So we find them.
We are not of, take a foreign holiday, people but we love to get to the country side at sunday`s . So we often take a part of it and drive around. So we find them.
Nice one