Type Coastal watchtower Fate Demolished, 1915 Year built 1659 Material Limestone | Materials Limestone Address Marsaskala, Malta Built by Knights Hospitaller | |
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Similar Tarxien Temples, St Lucian's Tower, Fort Saint Angelo, Fort St Elmo, Tower Supermar | ||
Żonqor Tower (Maltese: Torri taż-Żonqor), originally known as Torre di Zoncol, was a small watchtower near Żonqor Point, limits of Marsaskala, Malta. It was built in 1659 as the eleventh of the De Redin towers, on or near the site of a medieval watch post. The tower commanded the entrance to Marsaskala Bay along with Saint Thomas Tower. It was demolished by the British military in 1915 to clear the line of fire of modern fortifications.
A World War II-era pillbox now stands on the site of Żonqor Tower.
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