Fort Leonardo also known as Fort St Leonardo, Fort San Leonardo and Fort San Anard is a fortification on the island of Malta. It stands between the villages of San Leonardo and Zonqor above the shore east of Grand Harbour.
It was built between 1872 and 1878 by the British.
Fort St Leonardo still exists, and is in reasonable repair, though a house has been built inside the ditch and the ditch in-filled to create an access. The seaward ditches are all in good repair. The fort is now used as a farm.
The layout of the fort is complicated, with a smaller inner fort forming one corner within the larger part of the fort that contains the gun emplacements.
A modern construction, possibly a reservoir, alongside the shoreward side of the fort detracts rather from its original appearance, and the approach to the main gate has been mined for rubble and is substantially damaged.
The fort inside the ditch is not open to the public The photographs were taken during a private tour.
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