Fort St. Angelo

Fort St. Angelo is a bastioned post in Birgu, Malta, situated at the focal point of the Grand Harbor. It was initially worked in the medieval period as a château called the Castrum Maris. It was revamped by the Order of Saint John as a bastioned fortress called Fort Saint Angelo between the 1530s and the 1560s, and it is best referred to for its part as the Order's home office amid the Great Siege of Malta of 1565. A noteworthy recreation to outlines of Carlos de Grunenbergh occurred in the 1690s, giving the fortress its present appearance.

The fortification was garrisoned by the British from 1800 to 1979, now and again being named a stone frigate known as HMS Egmont or later HMS St Angelo. The fortification endured significant harm amid World War II, however it was later reestablished. In 1998, the upper piece of the fortress was given to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Fortification St. Angelo has been on Malta's speculative rundown of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1998, as a major aspect of the Knights' Fortifications around the Harbors of Malta. The date of its unique development is obscure. In any case, the ancient and established stays nearby, are imdicative of a braced place and a livable zone.

Substantial ashlar squares and an Egyptian pink rock section at the best piece of the post still exists inside a house of prayer. The site was likely later created by the Arabs c. 870 AD, yet nothing is concrete. Al-Himyari notices that the Arabs destroyed a hisn post, however there is no genuine reference if this stronghold' was in Birgu. A stone slice church near the territory had just existed since Orthodox Christianity in Malta around 600 A.D.