Fort San Lucian

Fort San Lucian
Forti San Luċjan
Part of the Wignacourt towers
Marsaxlokk, Malta
St Lucian Tower, the oldest part of Fort San Lucian
Map of Fort San Lucian as it is today
Coordinates35°49′49.8″N 14°32′35.5″E / 35.830500°N 14.543194°E / 35.830500; 14.543194
TypeBastioned coastal watchtower
Artillery battery
Polygonal fort
Site information
Controlled byMalta Aquaculture Research Centre
Open to
the public
No
ConditionIntact
Site history
Built1610–1611 (tower)
1715 (battery)
1792–1795 (first fort)
1872–1878 (second fort)
Built byOrder of Saint John (tower, battery and first fort)
British Empire (second fort)
In use1610–1885
MaterialsLimestone
Battles/warsRaid of Żejtun (1614)
French invasion of Malta (1798)
Siege of Malta (1798–1800)

Fort San Lucian (Maltese: Forti San Luċjan), also known as Saint Lucian Tower (Maltese: Torri ta' San Luċjan) or Fort Rohan (Maltese: Forti Rohan), is a large bastioned watchtower and polygonal fort in Marsaxlokk, Malta. The original tower was built by the Order of Saint John between 1610 and 1611, being the second of six Wignacourt towers.

An artillery battery was added around 1715, and the complex was upgraded into a fort in the 1790s. In the 1870s, the fort was rebuilt by the British in the polygonal style. Saint Lucian Tower is the second largest watchtower in Malta, after Saint Thomas Tower. Today, the tower and fort are used by the Malta Aquaculture Research Centre.