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Mistra Battery - Mistra Bay, Malta

9-5-2022 - Mistra Battery, Mistra Bay - Malta.

 

Mistra Battery, formerly also known as Despirasse Battery is an artillery battery in Mistra Bay, Mellieħa, Malta. It was built by the Order of Saint John in the 18th century as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the coasts of the Maltese Islands.

 

The battery is considered as the best preserved of the Order's batteries in Malta, as it retains all of its original features.

 

More info can be found here - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistra_Battery

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