Ricasoli Fort is a large fortification on the island of Malta. The fort was built by the Knights of Malta between 1670 and 1693. Nakhal Fort, one of the best-preserved forts in Oman. ... The Knights Hospitaller is a tradition which began as a Benedictine nursing Order founded in Jerusalem, following the First Crusade, ca. ... 1670 was a common year beginning on a Saturday in countries using the Julian calendar and a Wednesday in countries using the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ...

It occupies the promontory known as Gallows Point that forms the eastern arm of Grand Harbour, and the north shore of Rinella Creek. Together with Fort St Elmo and Fort Tignè it commands the approaches to Grand Harbour and Marsamxett Harbour. Grand Harbour is an excellent natural harbour on the island of Malta. ... Fort St Elmo is a fortification on the island of Malta. ...

It was designed by the Italian military engineer Antonio Maurizio Valperga, as part of Grand Master Nicholas Cottoner's extensive fortifications around Grand Harbour. It is named for the knight who financed a large part of the works, Fra Giovanni Francesco Ricasoli. A military engineer is primarily responsible for the design and construction of offensive and defensive structures for warfare. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ...

The Fort continued to be an active military installation throughout the British period.

It was the scene of a mutiny in 1807 when Sicilian soldiers of the Froberg Regiment revolted and shut themselves up in Fort Ricasoli. Despite attempts at negotiation they eventually blew up the powder magazine. The mutiny was quashed by loyal troops, and 30 mutineers were condemned to death by court martial. Mutiny is the crime of conspiring to disobey orders that the mutineer is legally obliged to obey, for example by crew members of a ship. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Sicilian (Lu Sicilianu, Lingua Siciliana) is the Romance language spoken in Sicily, Italy. ... A Norwegian soldier (a Corporal, armed with an MP-5) A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment to defend that country or its interests. ... A troop is a military unit. ...

Fort Ricasoli was active in the defence of Malta during the second world war. Structural alterations and additional gun emplacements on the seaward bastion bear witness to its continued use and evolution as a military installation. The point of a bastion on a reconstructed French fort in Illinois. ...

The fort has suffered significant damage from enemy action in the siege of Malta during World War Two, when much of the internal structure was badly damaged. The gate has been rebuilt, but the internal buildings including the Governer's House have been lost. German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...

Today however, the fort faces a much bigger threat from the relentless onslaught of the sea. The fort is threatened by erosion from seaward, where a fault in the headland on which it stands is being eroded by the sea.

During the tenure of the British military, the bastion was substantially repaired, with the outer surface being cut back and new stone facing applied. This too is now eroding badly and in 2004 a section 100 meters long by 13 meters high was removed, restored and re-attached. This is unfortunately a holding operation only, parts of the fort are still viewed as being in a dangerous condition.

Fort Ricasoli is a significant landmark, and efforts are under way to obtain funding to address the structural problems.

The fort and its environs are now used extensively for film sets, and in recent years have appeared several times as 'Ancient Rome' and also as 'Sparta'.