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Ghajn Tuffieha Coastal Tower

Ghajn Tuffieha Coastal Tower

Built by the Knights of St. John under Grandmaster De Redin...14 in all around the Maltese coast. They were to guard the island from pirate or Turkish attacks. ...
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Built by the Knights of St. John under Grandmaster De Redin...14 in all around the Maltese coast. They were to guard the island from pirate or Turkish attacks. If an enemy ship was spotted, lanterns were lit and light signals were shone from tower to tower.
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DSLR-A100

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Aperture f/5.0 ISO 100 Shutter 1/1000

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Nov, 2014

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366

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Awards

Staff Winter Selection 2015

Superb Composition

+3

Outstanding Creativity

+2

Absolute Masterpiece

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Facebook tells me that I won Top Half most voted weekly on ViewBug (with this photo). I wonder what that means!

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