Manufactured facing stone Maltese Fort

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Malta is a small island, but it has a lot of the most diverse fortifications built in different epochs. Inaccessible, unshakable and powerful watchtowers, fortresses, barracks, armory chambers inspire veneration and remind of the glorious times of chivalry.
The Military Order of Malta is the world's oldest religious order of the Roman Catholic Church created to protect the Holy Land and to care for the poor, sick or wounded pilgrims. Despite the 21st century raging outside the window, the Order of Malta still exists and leases from the state some of the famous Maltese Fort St. Angelo.
In the 14th century, Fort St. Angelo was known as the Castle by the Sea (Castello al Mare in Italian). After the arrival of the Hospitallers, Fort St. Angelo became the main residence of the Grand Master of the Order. Knights of the Order of St. John (a.k.a. the Order of Hospitallers) greatly strengthened this famous castle increasing its military power tenfold, and this helped them many times to withstand the long and determined sieges of Ottoman soldiers, Arab and Berber pirates. Thus Fort St. Angelo earned its place in history over centuries and it still attracts thousands of tourists and historians around the world.