Grand Harbour approaches
Floriana Lines
Valletta’s outer land-front line: the fortification belt that created Floriana and strengthened the capital’s approach.
A structured hub for Malta’s major defensive “Lines” .
Grand Harbour approaches
Santa Margherita Lines (Firenzuola Lines)
An inner defensive line around the Three Cities’ land front, later complemented by the Cottonera Lines.
Grand Harbour approaches
Cottonera Lines (Valperga Lines)
The largest bastioned enceinte in Malta, enclosing the Santa Margherita Lines and defining the Cottonera perimeter.
Northern entrenchment
Falca Lines (Falca Gap Entrenchment)
An infantry entrenchment line across a strategic northern gap, part of the wider story of controlling inland routes.
Island-spanning defence
Victoria Lines (North West Front)
A British-era line running along the Great Fault, linking forts and batteries across the island’s spine.
Harbour heights defence
Corradino Lines
British fortifications on Corradino Heights overlooking the Grand Harbour and dockyard approaches.