Historical re-enactments will be held by Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna at Fort Rinella this Sunday.

Throughout the day, regular animated tours depicting Victorian garrison life in a late 19th century coastal fort will be recreated. Faithful reproductions of period uniforms along with original weaponry used by British soldiers of the time will be used.

Members of the public will have a unique opportunity to witness how late 19th century soldiers lived in a fort. They will also see how the garrison would defend the fort against attack. Soldiers will show how visual communications were maintained between forts using Semaphore flags and heliographs. Bayonet and musketry practice sessions will also be held, along with blank firing of weapons.

Expert guiding in Maltese and English will be provided throughout the tours. Guided tours will take place at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. and will last for about an hour. These will offer excellent photo opportunities.

Fort Rinella is a British coastal battery built for a monstrous 100-ton gun built by Lord Armstrong of Newcastle. Four batteries of this kind were built in the Mediterranean, two in Malta and two in Gibraltar in 1878. There is only one other example of this gun left today, that in Gibraltar. The 100-ton gun fired a one-ton shell up to a distance of three miles, piercing 21 inches of wrought iron armour. It used a quarter of a ton of black powder, the cost of which equalled the daily salary of 2,700 men!

The fort is located next to the Mediterranean Filming Studios, in Kalkara and can be reached following road signs starting at Marsa. Bus users are to take number 4 bus to Kalkara stopping next to the former Rinella Movie Park and then proceed to the fort on foot following road signs. A specially reduced entrance fee of Lm1 will be charged to all adults that will go towards the restoration and upkeep of the historic fort. Children may enter free.

For further details one may contact FWA at 2180 9713, 2180 0992 or fwa@waldonet.net.mt.