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Saint Mary's Battery (( マルタ語:Batterija ta' Santa Marija)), also known as Comino Battery (( マルタ語:Batterija ta' Kemmuna)), is an artillery battery on the island of Comino in Malta. It was built by the Order of Saint John between 1715 and 1716 as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the coasts of the Maltese Islands. ==History== Saint Mary's Battery was built in 1715–1716 to protect the South Comino Channel, in conjunction with Wied Musa Battery on mainland Malta. Construction of the battery cost a total of 1018 scudi. It has a semi-sircular gun platform ringed by a parapet with eight embrasures facing the sea. The battery has a single blockhouse, where the ammunition was stored. This was placed diagonally along the land front so that its two outer faces functioned as a redan. The land front also contains musketry loopholes. The battery was originally armed with two 24-pounder and four 6-pounder iron cannons, but it was abandoned by 1770. Prior to World War II, a Gozitan family lived in the battery. It was eventually abandoned, and a fig tree grew over the main entrance. A few of the battery's cannons were dragged into the gorge beneath the battery, in an attempt to take them to a foundry for smelting. The two 24-pounders were left lying inside the battery since these were too heavy to cart away. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saint Mary's Battery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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