As a lookout post, towers are part of the Nadur’s landscape. The Isopu Tower standing on the promontory between San Blas and Daħlet Qorrot dates back to 1667 when it was built by Grandmaster Nicholas Cottoner. One interesting quip about this tower is that its guns fired at the French fleet that had sailed from Toulon under General Napoleon Bonaparte.
The area around Ta’ Isopu Tower is also one which is favoured by astronomers. The zone is adequately dark and ideal for star observation. While the recently inaugurated observatory is a professional one and is not open to the public, public outreach events are in the pipeline.
Highly visible from different areas of Gozo, the British built Ta’ Kenuna Tower, which served as a telegraph tower. Today the tower is surrounded by a botanical garden that is part of a belvedere overlooking the views of Comino and the Gozo Malta channel.