Valletta bastions

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bastioned fortification system city walls cultural heritage site

The Valletta bastions are the massive 16th-century defensive walls and fortifications encircling Malta’s capital, built by the Knights of St. John to protect the city from naval and land attacks.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Valletta bastions canonical	1
Valletta fortifications	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bastioned fortification system ⓘ city walls ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	bastion fort ⓘ military architecture ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Great Siege of Malta aftermath ⓘ
builtBy	Knights Hospitaller NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Saint John NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionPeriod	16th century ⓘ
constructionStart	1566 ⓘ
controlledAccessTo	Grand Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ Marsamxett Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Malta ⓘ
currentUse	public promenades ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
designedBy	Francesco Laparelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerolamo Cassar NERFINISHED ⓘ Giacomo Bosio NERFINISHED ⓘ
encircles	Valletta NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Early modern period ⓘ
garrisonedBy	Order of Saint John NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Floriana Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Andrew Bastion NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Barbara Bastion NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Gregory Bastion NERFINISHED ⓘ St. James Bastion NERFINISHED ⓘ St. James Cavalier NERFINISHED ⓘ St. John Bastion NERFINISHED ⓘ St. John’s Cavalier NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Lazarus Bastion NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Michael Bastion NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Nicholas Bastion NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Peter and St. Paul Bastion NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation	scheduled monument in Malta ⓘ
influencedBy	Italian school of military architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaissance military engineering NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ Valletta NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	limestone ⓘ
overlooks	Grand Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ Marsamxett Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site City of Valletta NERFINISHED ⓘ fortifications of Valletta NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	defense of Valletta ⓘ protection from land attacks ⓘ protection from naval attacks ⓘ
region	Southern Region of Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	major example of early modern bastioned fortifications ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	contributing property ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Upper Barrakka Gardens → locatedOn → Valletta bastions ⓘ

Upper Barrakka Gardens → isPartOf → Valletta bastions ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valletta fortifications