The Fortress Explorer (FE) Website is an informational portal dedicated to the promotion of the subject of Military Architecture and Fortification, with a particular emphasis on the Maltese Islands and on the rich Hospitaller military heritage spread around the shores of the Mediterranean. FE is committed to diffusing a proper understanding of military architecture to as wide an international audience as possible. FE seeks to bring on-line resources to your attention with direct links.
This website has been designed and produced by Dr Stephen C Spiteri Ph.D in conjunction with the Fortress Explorer Society (FES) - an independent and non-profit-making organization set up to work for the establishment of a museum on Maltese fortifications. FES also seeks to promote its objectives through published and electronic media and produces a FREE on-line journal called ARX.
For further information send e-mail to arxsp639@maltanet.net
Dr. Stephen C Spiteri , Dipl. (Int. Des.) RI, B.A. (Hons), Ph.D. born in Malta, 15 September 1963. Educated at St Aloysius College, B’kara and later at the University of Malta. His interest in the military aspects of Maltese history has led to a number of books and papers on the fortifications of Malta and on the military organization of the Knights of St John. He served for a while as Acting Curator of the Armoury in the Palace of the Grand Masters, Valletta. He is currently Superintendent of Fortifications in the Restoration Unit, Works Division, Ministry for Resources & Infrastructure.
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ARX - ONLINE JOURNAL OF MILITARY ARCHITECTURE
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