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Windmill Redoubt

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390: 56: 400: 261: 75: 1213: 347: 257:. The redoubt was built using rubble walls, and had a triangular shape, and was built in a way so as to block the roads between the three villages. The windmill occupied the south side of the redoubt, and was used as a blockhouse. The windmill's tower served as a lookout post. No details are known about the size of the garrison and the armament of the redoubt. 268:
The Windmill Redoubt was probably demolished soon after the end of the French blockade since it blocked important roads. The windmill itself still exists, with some modifications, and it now stands in the middle of a
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The redoubt was built around a windmill known as Bir Għeliem, or Ta' Buleben, which had been built by
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in around 1710. The redoubt was located on the road between
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This article about a Maltese building or structure is a
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French blockade batteries
Żabbar
Malta

Stephen C. Spiteri
Fortifications Interpretation Centre

35°52′10.7″N 14°31′37.9″E / 35.869639°N 14.527194°E / 35.869639; 14.527194
Redoubt
Maltese
Limestone
Siege of Malta (1798–1800)
Maltese
redoubt
Żabbar
Malta
French blockade
a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments
Marsamxett
Grand Harbour
Ramon Perellos y Roccaful
Żabbar
Tarxien
Żejtun

roundabout
"Bir Gheliem Windmill / Ta ' Buleben Windmill"


"Maltese 'siege' batteries of the blockade 1798-1800"

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