Tal-Wejter Tower

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Tal-Wejter Tower
Torri tal-Wejter
Birkirkara, Malta
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View of Tal-Wejter Tower
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Type Tower
Site information
Owner Private
Open to
the public		 No
Condition Intact but dilapidated
Site history
Built Late 17th or early 18th century
Built by Order of Saint John
Materials Limestone

Tal-Wejter Tower (Maltese: Torri tal-Wejter or It-Torri Wejter) is a tower in Birkirkara, Malta, which was built in the 17th or 18th centuries by the Order of Saint John. It is also known locally as it-Torri tal-Misħun (English: Boiling Water Tower), a reference to its machicolations which are known as galleriji tal-misħun in Maltese.[1] The tower was partially demolished in the 1960s, but it was later rebuilt. Today, it is in a rather dilapidated state.

History

File:Wejter Tower entrance.jpeg
Entrance to the tower

Tal-Wejter Tower was commissioned by Grand Master Ramon Perellos y Roccaful, and it was built either in the late 17th or early 18th century. The tower stood on the road leading from San Ġwann and St. Julian's to Birkirkara. This area is now built up and the tower is surrounded by modern buildings.[2]

Part of the tower was illegally demolished in 1968, but it was later rebuilt. Today, the tower is still intact but it is deteriorating and it is feared that it might collapse.[3] The building is privately owned,[1] and it was scheduled as a Grade 2 national monument by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority in 2012.[4][5]

Architecture

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Western corner of the tower, with two machicolations visible

Tal-Wejter Tower is a two-story high tower with a rectangular plan. Its two floors are separated by a moulded string course, and the roof has a high parapet wall. Each façade of the tower originally had box machicolations. The entrance to the tower is through an arched doorway built in the medieval style.[2] The tower has three floors, with a room each, and is currently for sale.[6]

See also

References

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  6. ↑ http://franksalt.com.mt/properties/314741

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