Fortifications Interpretation Centre, Military architecture museum in St Mark Street, Valletta, Malta.
The Fortifications Interpretation Centre occupies a sixteenth-century warehouse, displaying scale models and panels that explain Malta's defensive structures through the centuries.
The building, constructed between 1582 and 1595 under Grand Master Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle, served multiple purposes before becoming a military architecture museum in 2013.
The center demonstrates how architects and engineers combined their skills to create fortifications that protected Malta's inhabitants throughout different historical periods.
Entry costs 2 euros, with guided tours available in multiple languages, and the facility maintains different opening hours during summer and winter seasons.
The museum houses a preserved seventeenth-century drawbridge from Valletta's original Porta Reale, representing one of Malta's rare surviving medieval defensive mechanisms.
Location: Valletta
Phone: +35621228594
Website: https://thefortressbuilders.weebly.com
GPS coordinates: 35.89955,14.50912
Latest update: March 4, 2025 00:25
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