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Capuchin Convent Battery

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Capuchin Convent Battery (), also known as Kalkara Battery (), was an artillery battery in Kalkara, Malta, built by Maltese insurgents during the French blockade of 1798–1800. It was part of a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments encircling the French positions in Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour. Read more on Wikipedia

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