Fort Ricasoli

E882507

Fort Ricasoli is a large 17th-century coastal fortress in Malta that guards the entrance to Grand Harbour and has served both military and film-production roles.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fort Ricasoli canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bastioned fort ⓘ
coastal fortress ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
architect Antonio Maurizio Valperga ⓘ
builtInCentury 17th century ⓘ
condition partially ruined ⓘ
constructedBy Order of St John ⓘ
linked to: Order of Saint John
constructedFor Order of St John ⓘ
linked to: Order of Saint John
constructionEnd 1698 ⓘ
constructionStart 1670 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
controlledBy French Republic ⓘ
Order of St John ⓘ
linked to: Order of Saint John

Republic of Malta ⓘ
linked to: Malta

United Kingdom ⓘ
country Malta ⓘ
damagedDuring World War II ⓘ
garrisonedBy British Army ⓘ
Royal Malta Artillery ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
curtain walls ⓘ
ditch ⓘ
glacis ⓘ
sea-facing batteries ⓘ
hasFunction artillery fortification ⓘ
coastal defence ⓘ
film production location ⓘ
harbour defence ⓘ
heritageStatus scheduled property in Malta ⓘ
locatedIn Grand Harbour ⓘ
Kalkara ⓘ
locatedNear Fort St. Angelo ⓘ
Fort St. Elmo ⓘ
Valletta ⓘ
locatedOn eastern side of Grand Harbour ⓘ
materialUsed limestone ⓘ
namedAfter Giovanni Francesco Ricasoli ⓘ
openToPublic partially ⓘ
overlooks entrance to Grand Harbour ⓘ
linked to: Grand Harbour
ownedBy Government of Malta ⓘ
partOf fortifications of Malta ⓘ
fortifications of the Grand Harbour ⓘ
usedAs film set ⓘ
usedAsFilmLocationFor Agora (2009 film) ⓘ
Game of Thrones (TV series) ⓘ
linked to: Game of Thrones

Gladiator (2000 film) ⓘ
linked to: Gladiator

Julius Caesar (2002 miniseries) ⓘ
Troy (2004 film) ⓘ
usedDuring French blockade of Malta ⓘ
Great Siege of Malta (not applicable historically) ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Harbour → hasFortification → Fort Ricasoli ⓘ
Malta Dockyard → near → Fort Ricasoli ⓘ
Il-Port il-Kbir → protectedBy → Fort Ricasoli ⓘ
Kalkara → contains → Fort Ricasoli ⓘ
Saluting Battery → hasViewOf → Fort Ricasoli ⓘ