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Today, the original tower and World War II emplacement are intact, but very little remains of the Night
Practice Battery have survived. Over time there were some makeshift modifications and structures built adjacent to the tower. The original door at the second level was filled in and was no longer
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was built close to
Madliena Tower. The battery was completed in March 1909, and it cost £99, 17 shillings and 2 pence to build. The battery's Direction Range Finder was mounted on the tower's roof. Two store rooms were also built to house the battery's armaments. It was still in use by the
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After the
British gained control of Malta, Madliena Tower continued to serve as a military installation. A cookhouse was built adjacent to the tower's southwest corner, but this was already in ruins by 1908 and no remains survive. When the
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visible, while the commemorative plaque was replaced by a slab of limestone. A steel door was added at the base of the tower.
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The tower was handed to the NGO Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna in 2009. Since then, it has been restored with funds from the
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Madliena Tower was built in 1658 on the north shore of Malta, on high ground above the shore west of Ras l-Irqiqa in
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was also built in the vicinity of the tower in the 18th century, but very little remains of this have survived.
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next to the tower in 1908–1909, and the tower and battery remained in use until
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YouTube video showing
Madliena Tower as it looked in the 19th century
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YouTube video showing
Madliena Tower as it looked in World War II
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Zammit, Vincent (1984). "Fortifications in the Middle Ages".
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was mounted at the tower in 1935. The tower saw use again in
538:"Pembroke's Fortifications; Madliena Night Practice Battery"
298:. The tower originally followed the standard design of the
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419:: Department of Education. 2006. p. 81.
306:was dug in the rocks close to the tower. An
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1721:Artillery battery fortifications in Malta
454:"Fougasse, Madliena Tower area, Pembroke"
68:View of Madliena Tower from the southeast
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384:The tower in 2007, prior to restoration
567:Spiteri, Stephen C. (11 August 2010).
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80:Map of Madliena Tower as it is today
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1361:St. Julian's Tower & Battery
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1380:St. Mary's Battery (Marsalforn)
413:Ġrajjet Malta - It-Tielet Ktieb
1423:Wignacourt Tower & Battery
1389:St. Thomas Tower & Battery
1366:St. Lucian Tower & Battery
761:Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower
626:Vella, Leslie (6 April 2013).
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1741:1658 establishments in Malta
1222:Delimara Tower & Battery
1121:Builder unknown or uncertain
1726:World War II sites in Malta
1375:St. Mary's Battery (Comino)
415:(in Maltese) (4 ed.).
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599:"Watchtower handed to NGO"
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1323:Qawra Tower & Battery
1189:Aħrax Tower & Battery
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168:Battery largely destroyed
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1716:Towers completed in 1658
1455:Capuchin Convent Battery
995:Other Hospitaller towers
573:MilitaryArchitecture.com
484:"Madliena Entrenchment"
321:located near the tower.
270:. The British built an
244:), originally known as
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1612:Night Practice Battery
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366:Defence Electric Light
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158:Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna
1356:St. Anthony's Battery
1328:Qolla l-Bajda Battery
1031:Torre dello Standardo
911:Triq il-Wiesgħa Tower
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359:Royal Malta Artillery
347:rifled muzzle loading
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294:, and to the east is
1645:Sliema Point Battery
1635:San Giovanni Battery
1597:Della Grazie Battery
1527:Ta' Għemmuna Battery
1119:Demolished/destroyed
902:Xrobb l-Għaġin Tower
797:Għajn Tuffieħa Tower
714:Associated with the
296:Saint George's Tower
112:35.936583; 14.473083
1500:St. Peter's Battery
1482:Jesuit Hill Battery
1464:Corradino Batteries
1342:Ramla Right Battery
1314:Qalet Marku Battery
1086:Santa Cecilia Tower
1016:Mġarr ix-Xini Tower
716:Order of Saint John
632:The Malta Photoblog
247:Torre della Paulina
192:Order of Saint John
183:1908–1909 (battery)
149:Government of Malta
103: /
1640:St. Paul's Battery
1333:Ramla Left Battery
1179:Sovereign Military
883:St. Julian's Tower
831:St. Agatha's Tower
826:St. George's Tower
579:on 19 October 2015
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354:QF 12-pounder guns
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292:Saint Mark's Tower
242:Torri tal-Madliena
155:Controlled by
26:Torri tal-Madliena
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1592:Cambridge Battery
1545:Tas-Samra Battery
1509:San Rocco Battery
1445:National Congress
1418:Wied Musa Battery
1240:Elminiech Battery
1217:De Guiral Battery
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859:Għajn Ħadid Tower
802:Blat Mogħża Tower
724:Wignacourt towers
361:until the 1920s.
272:artillery battery
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134:Artillery battery
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1688:Demolished/ruins
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1669:Wolseley Battery
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1621:Pembroke Battery
1617:
1607:Lascaris Battery
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1563:Żejtun Batteries
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1554:Żabbar Batteries
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1536:Tal-Borg Battery
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1518:Sliema Batteries
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1473:Għargħar Battery
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1413:Westreme Battery
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1399:Tombrell Battery
1394:Saluting Battery
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1258:Ferretti Battery
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1706:De Redin towers
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1263:Għallis Battery
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1208:Buġibba Battery
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