Vincenti Tower

Vincenti Tower
Torri Vinċenti
File:Vincenti Tower, Mqabba, Malta.jpeg View of the Vincenti Tower
General information
Status	Partially intact
Type	Fortified residence
Location	Mqabba, Malta
Coordinates
Named for	Fra Orfeo de Vincenzo
Completed	1726
Destroyed	12 April 1942 (partially)
Owner	Private
Technical details
Material	Limestone
Floor count	4

Vincenti Tower (Maltese: Torri Vinċenti) is a tower in Mqabba, Malta. It was built as a country residence in 1726 by Fra Orfeo de Vincenzo, a Prior of the Order of St. John. The tower was originally four stories high, and it had a scarped base which made it somewhat similar to coastal watchtowers such as the De Redin towers.

In World War II, the British military requisitioned the tower and used it as an Observation Post. It was prone to aerial bombardment due to its proximity to the RAF Luqa airfield. It was hit on 12 April 1942, and its upper sections were destroyed.

Today, only the scarped base of the tower survives, and it is private property. The tower was included on the Antiquities List of 1925 as "the old tower", and it was scheduled by the Malta Environment and Planning Authority in 1997. It is also listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands.

Gallery

Tower and residence

• Vincenti Tower.jpeg

  Vincenti Tower from the front; door not seen at this view

• Vincenti Tower, Mqabba..jpeg

  Vincenti Tower

• Ta Torri Spero and Vincenti Tower at far.jpeg

  Ta' Torri Spero and Vincenti Tower at far; entrance of Vincenti Tower is partially visible

• Ta Torri Spero.jpeg

  Close by is Ta' Torri Spero, an 18th-century building