National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands

National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands NICPMI Inv. No. 00022 Date of Publication 16 December 2011 Property Name Fort San Luċjan Address Triq il-Qajjenza Town Name Marsaxlokk Toponym Tad-Debbra Local Council Marsaxlokk Property Owner Unknown Managing Body Malta Centre For Fisheries Sciences (MRRA) Guardianship Deed No Period Modern (16th to 20th Century AD) Phase Early Modern: Knights of St John (1530-1798) Historical Cultural Heritage Cultural Heritage Property Value High Type & Value Assessment Property Function Fortification Conservation Area N/A Outline Description The second largest coastal tower in the Maltese Islands. Property Description Fort San Lucian is a fortification on the headland between Marsaxlokk and Birzebbuga bays. Fort St Lucian was initially built by the Knights of Malta between 1610 and 1611 and is one of a series of Wignacourt towers. By the 1715-16 the fort was fitted with a semicircular battery and later in 1795 both the fort and the battery were enclosed by a ditch and renamed Fort Rohan after Grandmaster Emanuel de Rohan. During the French occupation, the British used the tower as their main supply base and as fallback position in case they were attached by the French army. Under the British the original tower was kept to form the core of a Victorian era fortress. In fact in 1874 the fort was substantially modified and enlarged to house guns on disappearing carriages. However by 1885 the fort was decommissioned since it was considered as obsolete for military purposes. San Lucian forms part of a ring of fortresses that protected Marsaxlokk bay and which included other fortresses such as Fort Delimara, Fort Tas-Silg and Fort Benghisa. Scheduled by MEPA Yes Degree of Protection Grade 1 G.N. No. 0652 G.N. Date 1994 MEPA Scheduled Property Register Recommended Spiteri, S.C. (1996) British Military Architecture in Malta , Malta: Print Services Ltd Bibliography Coordinates : Easting 58797 65450 Northing : Coordinates Property Plan Property Images .

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