San Rocco Battery, Artillery battery in Kalkara, Malta
San Rocco Battery consisted of two gun platforms connected by rubble walls and featured a magazine constructed with timber from Paola houses.
The battery emerged in 1798 during the French blockade, serving as a strategic point with ten guns and two mortars by 1800.
The fortification received its name from Saint Roch, a Catholic figure traditionally associated with protection against diseases in Mediterranean cultures.
The original battery location now contains Fort Saint Rocco, built by British forces in the 1870s near the Grand Harbour entrance.
The battery facilitated communication between Maltese insurgents and the 30th Cambridgeshire Regiment during the resistance against French occupation.
Location: Kalkara
Inception: 1798
GPS coordinates: 35.89308,14.53733
Latest update: March 10, 2025 16:29
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