Spinola Redoubt (), also known as Birżebbuġa Redoubt (), was a '' tour-reduit'' in

Birżebbuġa Birżebbuġa (; sometimes shortened to B'Buġa) is a seaside town in the Southern Region, Malta, Southern Region of Malta, close to Marsaxlokk. It is approximately from the capital Valletta, and has a population of 9,736 as of March 2014. The ...

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

. It was built by the

Order of Saint John The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), is a Catholic Church, Catholic Military order (religious society), military order. It was founded in the Crusader states, crusader K ...

in 1715–1716 as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the Maltese Islands. It has been demolished.

History

Spinola Redoubt was built in 1715–1716 as part of a chain of fortifications that defended Marsaxlokk Bay, which also included three other redoubts, the large Saint Lucian Tower, two smaller

De Redin towers The De Redin Towers () are a series of small coastal watchtowers built in Malta by the Knights Hospitaller, Order of Saint John between 1658 and 1659. Thirteen towers were built around the coast of Malta (island), mainland Malta to act as watchto ...

, seven batteries and three entrenchments. The nearest fortifications to Spinola Redoubt were

Pinto Battery Pinto Battery (), also known as Għżira Battery () or Kechakara Battery, is a former artillery battery in Birżebbuġa, Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean ...

to the northeast and Birżebbuġa Entrenchments to the south. Spinola Redoubt was one of four ''tour-reduits'' built in Malta, with the other three being

Fresnoy Redoubt Fresnoy Redoubt (), also known as Kalafrana Redoubt (), was a '' tour-reduit'' in Birżebbuġa, Malta. It was built by the Order of Saint John in 1715–1716 as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the Maltese Islands. It was demolishe ...

Vendôme Tower Vendôme Tower (, colloquially ''Torri tal-Vandomu'') is a ''Redoubt, tour-reduit'' in Marsaxlokk, Malta. It was built by the Knights Hospitaller, Order of Saint John in 1715 as one of a series of fortifications around the coasts of the Maltese ...

and

Marsalforn Tower Marsalforn Tower () refers to two towers that stood near Marsalforn, in the limits of Xagħra, Gozo, Malta. The first one was built in 1616, as the fourth of six Wignacourt towers, and collapsed around 1715. The second was a '' Tour-reduit'', wh ...

. It had a square shape, similar to the surviving Vendôme Tower. The redoubt has been demolished and its site is now a public garden.

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