Tigné Point

He was killed by stray gunfire from the fort during the siege, and the extremity of the peninsula still bears his name, Dragut Point.

The new fort, which later gave the area its name, played a significant role in the French invasion of 1798 and the subsequent Maltese uprising.

[1] Between 1878 and 1886, when Malta was under British rule, Cambridge Battery was built on Tigné Point to house a single 100-ton gun.

Parts of the mall in Pjazza Tigné still contain some architectural elements of the barracks, including a series of arches that run along the square.

The Point is Malta's largest shopping mall and it contains about 17,000m2 of retail floor space spread over three levels.