Xwejni Redoubt

Coastal fortification in Malta, completed in 1716

Xwejni Redoubt

Ridott tax-Xwejni

Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta
Site information
Type| Redoubt
Site history
Built| 1715–1716
Built by| Order of Saint John
Materials| Limestone
Fate| Demolished

Xwejni Redoubt (Maltese: Ridott tax-Xwejni) was a redoubt in Xwejni Bay, limits of Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta. It was built by the Order of Saint John in 1715 and 1716 as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the coasts of the Maltese Islands.

The redoubt formed part of a chain of fortifications built to defend Marsalforn and nearby bays from Ottoman or Barbary attacks. Although the area was once fortified by a number of towers, batteries, redoubts and entrenchments, all of these have been destroyed except for Qolla l-Bajda Battery between Qbajjar and Xwejni Bays.[1]

Xwejni Redoubt was unusual in the sense that it had a semicircular or rectangular platform, while most redoubts were pentagonal.[2]

No remains of the redoubt have survived.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Bezzina, Joseph. "Marsalforn Culture & History". Żebbuġ Local Council. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
2. ^ Spiteri, Stephen C. (10 April 2010). "18th Century Hospitaller Coastal Batteries". MilitaryArchitecture.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
3. ^ Camilleri, Alex (2009). "It-Toponomastika t'Għawdex: Ix-Xtut taż-Żebbuġ, l-Għasri, u l-Għarb" (PDF). L-Imnara (in Maltese). 9 (2). Għaqda tal-Folklor: 73. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

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