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804: 656: 633: 600: 767: 699: 816: 70: 271: 899: 251:. The building of the fort was proposed in a defence committee recommendation in 1873, and construction took four years, starting on 24 January 1875 and finishing in December 1878. The fort has an elongated hexagonal shape, surrounded by a ditch and 308:
in 1987. Since then, the school has grown from 110 students to over 500 in 2024. Due to this increase, the school has expanded to include some barrack blocks close to the fort. The campus is leased by the government to the school until 2072.
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was built. The fort became an ammunition depot and storage area for small arms ammunition. Its gate was widened and a fixed metal bridge replaced the original rolling bridge.
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The British military establishments in Pembroke were closed in 1978 and the limestone-and-concrete fort remained unused for nine years until 1987.
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By the mid-1890s, the fort's armament became obsolete, and instead of upgrading, the nearby
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Fort Pembroke was built by the British to defend the
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Verdala International School moved to the fort from
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Index

Verdala International School
Victoria Lines
Pembroke
Malta

35°55′37.0″N 14°28′51.8″E / 35.926944°N 14.481056°E / 35.926944; 14.481056
Polygonal fort
Government of Malta
British Empire
Limestone
concrete
Maltese
polygonal fort
Pembroke
Malta
British
Victoria Lines
Grand Harbour
Victoria Lines
glacis
RML 11 inch 25 ton guns
64-pounder gun

Pembroke Battery
World War II
prisoner-of-war camp
Fort Verdala
Malta Environment and Planning Authority
"The two extremities of the Victoria Lines"
Times of Malta

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