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dc.contributor.author | Spiteri, Stephen C. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-01T07:34:29Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-01T07:34:29Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Spiteri, S. C. (2016). Malta’s fortifications - a matter of geography and geology. Geology and History, 24-27.Spiteri, S. C. (n.d.). Malta’s fortifications - a matter of geography and geology. Geology and History, 24-27. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/89998 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Few places around the shores of the Mediterranean can better attest to the adage that ‘fortifications are a direct product of geography’ than the stone-built defences of the Maltese Islands, erected by the Hospitaller Knights of the Order of St. John in the period 1530-1798. Indeed, three observations stand out from a study of the Maltese Islands and their long process of fortification, namely: (i) the strategic importance of the geographical position of Malta in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea and the leading role it was to play in shaping the history of the region, (ii) the Islands’ harbours which provided a safe all-weather anchorage ideal for protecting large naval fleets and (iii) the lithic nature of the massive fortifications which were erected to defend these harbours and the rest of the islands from sea-borne attack and invasion. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Geology and History | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Fortification -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Military engineering -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Military architecture -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | Malta’s fortifications - a matter of geography and geology | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.publication.title | Geology and History | en_GB |
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