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MaltaToday (820 words) |
 | But last week he was just informed that the fort built by the British between 1876 and 1888 will be used to house wild ducks currently roaming in bays to isolate them from any migrating birds who may be infected with avian flu, in the wake of the wild swans found infected in Sicily. |
| The fort was one of a ring of forts and batteries protecting Marsaxlokk harbour, but it was abandoned after the departure of the British and then leased by Mintoff’s government to a Labour thug, ‘il-Qahbu’, who used it to raise pigs for 15 years. |
| Tabone had plans to restore the fort and its underground networks to open it to the public as a museum and tourist attraction as part of a fortifications heritage trail. |
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| This fort is the oldest of all the forts in Malta and is situated in the town of Birgu (Vittoriosa). |
| Fort Ricasoli was built on the extreme point of an angular peninsular to defend the entrance to the Grand Harbour on the South. |
| Fort Tigne is the smallest fort on the island. |
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