Ta' Ganu Windmill (also known as Tal-Maħlut Windmill) is an eighteenth century

windmill A windmill is a machine operated by the force of wind acting on vanes or sails to mill grain (gristmills), pump water, generate electricity, or drive other machinery. Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern period ...

Birkirkara Birkirkara (abbreviated as B'Kara or BKR) is a city in the Eastern Region, Malta, Eastern Region of Malta. It is the second most populous on the Malta (island), island, with 24,356 inhabitants as of 2020. The town consists of five autonomous pari ...

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

. It was built in 1724 by the

António Manoel de Vilhena António Manoel de Vilhena (28 May 1663 – 10 December 1736) was a Portuguese nobleman who was the 66th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from 19 June 1722 to his death in 1736. Unlike a number of the other Grand ...

Foundation.L-Imtieħen tat-Tħin tal-Qamħ fil-Gżejjer Maltin, Printit Ltd, Clifford Vella, 2011. "Maħlut", the alternative name also used for it historically, is the Maltese word for a mixture of wheat and hops used for making bread. By the end of the 1920s, the windmill was no longer in use for its originally intended purpose and served only as a place of residence. During World War II it was used as an air raid shelter, and it became a blacksmith's workshop in the 1970s. After a period of abandonment, the windmill was entrusted to Maltese artist Gabriel Caruana who renovated it and turned it into a venue for art exhibitions that was inaugurated in 1990.

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Buildings and structures completed in 1724 Windmills completed in the 18th century Windmills in Malta National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands Birkirkara {{Malta-struct-stub