The Lija Belvedere Tower, officially Torri Belvedere, is a belvedere in Lija, Malta. It was built in the 19th century as a folly within a private garden, and it is now located on a roundabout.
History
The belvedere tower was built in 1857 as a folly within the gardens of Villa Gourigon, a 17th-century villa which belonged to the Marquis Depiro.[1] It was designed by the architect Giuseppe Bonavia.[2]
In the 1950s, part of the villa's garden was destroyed to make way for Transfiguration Avenue. The belvedere was retained as a roundabout, on the avenue and is now one of Lija's landmarks.[3]
^ ab"Villa Gourgion"(PDF). National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands. 28 December 2012. Archived from the original(PDF) on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.