Elminiech Battery
Elminiech Battery | |
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Batterija t'Elminiech | |
Birżebbuġa, Malta | |
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Type | Artillery battery |
Site history | |
Built | 1715–1716 |
Built by | Order of Saint John |
Materials | Limestone |
Fate | Demolished |
Elminiech Battery (Maltese: Batterija t'Elminiech, corrupted into Batterija ta' Mnieħ), also known as Figuella Battery (Maltese: Batterija ta' Figuella), San Raimondo Battery (Maltese: Batterija ta' San Raimond)[1] or Oitelboura Battery,[2] was an artillery battery 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.[3]
Elminiech Battery was part of a chain of fortifications that defended Marsaxlokk Bay, which also included six other batteries, the large Saint Lucian Tower, two smaller De Redin towers, four redoubts and three entrenchments.[4] The nearest fortifications to Elminiech Battery were the Birżebbuġa Entrenchments to the northwest and Fresnoy Redoubt to the east. Construction of the battery cost 1451 scudi.[5]
The battery was demolished, and its site is now occupied by part of the Malta Freeport.[6]
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