Corradino Batteries

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The Corradino Batteries () were a series of artillery batteries on Corradino Heights, near Paola, Malta, that were built by Maltese insurgents during the French blockade of 1798–1800. The batteries formed part of a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments encircling the French positions in Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour. Read more on Wikipedia

type: military installation
date from: 1798

Source: en.wikipedia.org