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Each De Redin tower had two neighbouring towers in its line of sight, so that signals could be sent from one tower to another, in order to maintain a communication link. Delimara Tower had
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Delimara built by Grandmaster De Redin, now demolished. For another tower built by the Dorell family also referred to as Delimara Tower, see
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Both the tower and battery were demolished by the
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was later built nearby in 1793. Both the tower and the battery have been demolished.
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to the southwest. A mortar battery was built near the tower in 1793.
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272:Ġrajjet Malta - It-Tielet Ktieb
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1088:St. Thomas Tower & Battery
1065:St. Lucian Tower & Battery
460:Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower
36:Torri u Batterija ta' Delimara
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1027:Qolla l-Bajda Battery
730:Torre dello Standardo
610:Triq il-Wiesgħa Tower
234:Triq il-Wiesgħa Tower
1344:Sliema Point Battery
1334:San Giovanni Battery
1296:Della Grazie Battery
1226:Ta' Għemmuna Battery
818:Demolished/destroyed
601:Xrobb l-Għaġin Tower
496:Għajn Tuffieħa Tower
413:Associated with the
241:Xrobb l-Għaġin Tower
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1199:St. Peter's Battery
1181:Jesuit Hill Battery
1163:Corradino Batteries
1041:Ramla Right Battery
1013:Qalet Marku Battery
785:Santa Cecilia Tower
715:Mġarr ix-Xini Tower
415:Order of Saint John
196:, in the limits of
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1339:St. Paul's Battery
1032:Ramla Left Battery
878:Sovereign Military
582:St. Julian's Tower
530:St. Agatha's Tower
525:St. George's Tower
194:Delimara Peninsula
185:Torre della Limara
180:Torri ta' Delimara
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423:Wignacourt towers
342:on 29 March 2015.
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222:Delimara Point
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188:, was a small
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308:. Retrieved
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297:Mare Nostrum
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127:Site history
85:14°33′39.5″E
82:35°49′13.5″N
43:Part of the
35:
980:Low Battery
756:Gauci Tower
587:Aħrax Tower
515:Qawra Tower
510:Nadur Tower
97: /
73:Coordinates
1490:Marsaxlokk
1459:Categories
1146:Battalions
790:Mamo Tower
720:Sopu Tower
258:References
198:Marsaxlokk
190:watchtower
165:Demolished
117:watchtower
53:Marsaxlokk
859:Batteries
399:Historic
208:, and an
156:Limestone
152:Materials
359:Valletta
216:History
192:on the
176:Maltese
114:Coastal
310:30 May
276:Sliema
1412:Malta
1410:This
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405:Malta
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329:(PDF)
304:(PDF)
293:(PDF)
202:Malta
132:Built
57:Malta
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333:MEPA
312:2015
162:Fate
110:Type
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