Għaxaq Semaphore Tower, Għaxaq

Name: Għaxaq Semaphore Tower
Address: Għaxaq, Malta

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The Għaxaq Semaphore Tower, known locally as it-Turretta, is a semaphore tower in the town of Għaxaq, Malta. It was built by the British in 1848, as one of three semaphore towers in Malta. The tower is now leased to the Għaxaq Local Council, which has plans to restore it. ()

Completed: 1848 (176 years ago)Coordinates: 35°50'50"N, 14°30'53"E

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Għaxaq Semaphore Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Għar Dalam, Chinese Garden of Serenity, Church of St Catherine, St Mary's Chapel.

1.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Specialty museum
Għar Dalam, Cottonera
28 min walk • Għar Dalam is a 144 metre long phreatic tube and cave, or cul-de-sac, located in the outskirts of Birżebbuġa, Malta. The cave contains the bone remains of animals that were stranded and subsequently became extinct in Malta at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum.
1.3 miNW
Park
Chinese Garden of Serenity, Luqa
34 min walk • The Chinese Garden of Serenity is a public Chinese garden in Santa Luċija, Malta. Construction of the Garden of Serenity began in September 1996 as a gift to Malta from the People's Republic of China.
1.2 miNE
Church
Church of St Catherine, Żejtun
31 min walk • The Church of St Catherine, Żejtun, is a Roman Catholic church, the seat of the archpriest of Żejtun and the mother church of various parishes established from the originally larger territory of the Żejtun parish.
1 miW
Historical place, Church
St Mary's Chapel, Luqa
26 min walk • The Chapel of St Mary is a medieval chapel located in Bir Miftuħ, limits of Gudja, Malta.
1.4 miSE
Church, Forts and castles
Saint George Redoubt, Malta Island
37 min walk • Saint George Redoubt is a redoubt in Birżebbuġa, Malta. It was built in 1714–1716 by the Order of Saint John as one of a series of coastal fortifications around the Maltese Islands, and it got its name from a chapel dedicated to St.
0.7 miW
Church
Gudja, Cottonera
18 min walk • The Archpresbyterial and Archmatrix Church of the Assumption of Mary also simply known as St Mary's Parish Church is a Baroque Roman Catholic parish church serving the village of Gudja, in Malta.
1.4 miSE
Church
St George's Chapel, Malta Island
37 min walk • St George's Chapel or the Church of St George the Martyr, is a small Roman Catholic church located in the village of Birżebbuġa, Malta.
1.2 miN
Church
Annunciation Church, Fgura
32 min walk • The Parish Church of the Annunciation of Our Lord or simply Annunciation Church or in Maltese Il-Knisja tal-Lunzjata is a Roman Catholic Parish church located in the village of Tarxien in Malta.
1.1 miNE
Palace, Baroque architecture
Casa Perellos, Żejtun
29 min walk • Casa Perellos is a Baroque townhouse, originally a country residence with open country views, in Żejtun, Malta. It was built as a private property purposely intended for the then Grand Master of the Order of St John Ramón Perellós y Rocafull and his family.
1 miSE
Archaeological site
Ta' Kaċċatura, Birżebbuġa
26 min walk • Ta' Kaċċatura is an archaeological complex in the outskirts of Birżebbuġa, in southern Malta. The complex includes a rustic Roman villa and a number of underground cisterns. The rustic villa confirms the presence of a thriving olive oil industry in this part of the Maltese islands.
1.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Pinto Battery, Marsaxlokk
37 min walk • Pinto Battery, also known as Għżira Battery or Kechakara Battery, is a former artillery battery in Birżebbuġa, 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to Għaxaq Semaphore Tower?

Nearby attractions include St Mary's Church, Għaxaq (6 min walk), Xlejli Tower, Għaxaq (12 min walk), Palazzo Dorell, Għaxaq (12 min walk), Gudja, Cottonera (18 min walk).