Fort St Elmo and the National War Museum
Star-shaped sixteenth-century fort that bore the Great Siege's first assault, now a military history museum.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Fort St Elmo in Valletta goes back to the summer of fifteen sixty-five, when a small star-shaped fort at the tip of a bare peninsula became the first target of a vast Ottoman invasion of Malta. It follows the defenders inside, the Grand Master who commanded them from across the water, and the corsair Dragut. Best heard on the ramparts, facing Grand Harbour and Fort Saint Angelo.
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