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Aħrax Tower

Malta

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

Aħrax Tower (Maltese: Torri tal-Aħrax), originally known as Torre di Lacras, and also known as Armier Tower (Maltese: Torri tal-Armier), Ta' Ħoslien Tower (Maltese: Torri ta' Ħoslien) or the White Tower (Maltese: Torri l-Abjad), is a small watchtower overlooking Armier Bay in the limits of Mellieħa, Malta. It was built in 1658 as the sixth of the De Redin towers. An artillery battery was built around it in 1715. Today, the tower and battery are intact. After receiving 3 years of restoration work the tower was reopened to the public on the 9th of June 2021. Aħrax Tower is the northernmost fortification on the main island of Malta.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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