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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/117120| Title: | Military heritage : documentary attitudes towards pillboxes in Malta |
| Authors: | Caligari, Paul Borg, Ruben Paul |
| Keywords: | Pillboxes (Fortification) Military engineering -- Malta Coast defenses -- Malta Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Malta Concrete construction -- History -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2023 |
| Publisher: | Fib International Federation for Structural Concrete & University of Malta. Faculty for the Built Environment |
| Citation: | Caligari, P., & Borg, R. P. (2023). Military heritage : documentary attitudes towards pillboxes in Malta. The fib International Conference: Concrete Sustainability: Materials and Structures, Malta. 56-57. |
| Abstract: | The construction of pillboxes in Malta gained momentum in 1938 as a crucial component of a comprehensive defence strategy, aimed to thwart the potential invasion by Italian forces. Initially, these pillboxes were erected in the susceptible northern region of the island of Malta, but as time progressed, they were dispersed in the most vulnerable areas of the island and located at critical and other strategically important positions to function as defensive strongholds. By the conclusion of the war, it is estimated that approximately 200 pillboxes had been erected. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/117120 |
| ISBN: | 9789918007042 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacBenCPM |
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