# Windmill Redoubt

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{{Infobox military installation
| name = Windmill Redoubt
| native_name = Ridott tal-Mitħna
| partof = the [French blockade batteries](/source/Fortifications_of_Malta)
| location = [Żabbar](/source/%C5%BBabbar), [Malta](/source/Malta)
| image = 300px
| caption = Reconstruction of the Windmill Redoubt by [Stephen C. Spiteri](/source/Stephen_C._Spiteri) at the [Fortifications Interpretation Centre](/source/Fortifications_Interpretation_Centre)
| map = Windmill Redoubt map.png
| image_mapsize = 300px
| map_caption = Map of the Windmill Redoubt
| type = [Redoubt](/source/Redoubt)
| coordinates = {{coord|35|52|10.7|N|14|31|37.9|E|type:landmark_region:MT|display=inline}}
| ownership = 
| built = {{circa}} 1798
| used = {{circa}} 1798–1800
| builder = [Maltese](/source/Maltese_people) insurgents
| materials = [Limestone](/source/Limestone)
| fate = Demolished
| battles = [Siege of Malta (1798–1800)](/source/Siege_of_Malta_(1798%E2%80%931800))
| past_commanders = 
| garrison = 
}}

'''Windmill Redoubt''' ({{langx|mt|Ridott tal-Mitħna}}) was a [redoubt](/source/redoubt) in [Żabbar](/source/%C5%BBabbar), [Malta](/source/Malta). It was built by Maltese insurgents during the [French blockade](/source/Siege_of_Malta_(1798%E2%80%931800)) of 1798–1800. It was part of [a chain of batteries, redoubts and entrenchments](/source/Fortifications_of_Malta) encircling the French positions in [Marsamxett](/source/Marsamxett_Harbour) and the [Grand Harbour](/source/Grand_Harbour).

The redoubt was built around a windmill known as Bir Għeliem, or Ta' Buleben, which had been built by [Ramon Perellos y Roccaful](/source/Ramon_Perellos_y_Roccaful) in around 1710.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bir Gheliem Windmill / Ta ' Buleben Windmill|url=http://www.windmillsofmalta.nl/db.cgi?p=detail&r=34|website=The Malta Windmill Database|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref> The redoubt was located on the road between [Żabbar](/source/%C5%BBabbar) and [Tarxien](/source/Tarxien), and was also linked to the road to [Żejtun](/source/%C5%BBejtun). The redoubt was built using rubble walls, and had a triangular shape, and was built in a way so as to block the roads between the three villages. The windmill occupied the south side of the redoubt, and was used as a blockhouse. The windmill's tower served as a lookout post. No details are known about the size of the garrison and the armament of the redoubt.<ref name=spiteri/>

thumb|left|Bir Għeliem Windmill

The Windmill Redoubt was probably demolished soon after the end of the French blockade since it blocked important roads. The windmill itself still exists, with some modifications, and it now stands in the middle of a [roundabout](/source/roundabout).<ref name=spiteri>{{cite journal|last1=Spiteri|first1=Stephen C.|title=Maltese 'siege' batteries of the blockade 1798-1800|journal=Arx - Online Journal of Military Architecture and Fortification|date=May 2008|issue=6|pages=30–31|url=http://www.militaryarchitecture.com/images/stories/Arx/arx6-2008.pdf|access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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{{French occupation of Malta}}
{{Redoubts}}

Category:Redoubts in Malta
Category:Windmills in Malta
Category:Żabbar
Category:Military installations established in 1798
Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Malta
Category:French occupation of Malta
Category:Vernacular architecture in Malta
Category:Limestone buildings in Malta
Category:1798 establishments in Malta
Category:18th-century fortifications
Category:18th Century military history of Malta

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