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==Structures== All around [[Salisbury Plain]] in southern England, the roads connecting the plain with the surrounding countryside feature brick-built guard-posts, staffed by security officers whenever there is military activity beyond such points. They are known as vedettes, and each one is named for a local geographic feature.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/424835 |title=Lavington Hill Vedette}}</ref> The ''Gardjola'' is a prominent [[guard tower]] on Maltese forts in Malta and an example of a vedette.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.seemalta.net/MalteseIslands/AboutMalta.aspx |title=About The Island of Malta |work=seemalta.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.maltavista.net/en/list/photo/262.html |title=Senglea. Vedette |work=maltavista.net}}</ref><ref name="morana">{{cite book|last1=Morana|first1=Martin|title=Bejn kliem u storja: glossarju enċiklopediku dwar tradizzjonijiet - toponimi - termini storiċi Maltin|date=September 2011|publisher=Best Print|location=[[Malta]]|isbn=978-99957-0-137-6|oclc=908059040|language=Maltese|pages=85}}</ref> It may be referred to in French as an ''[[échauguette]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.panoramio.com/photo/9695177 |title=Malte échauguette Isla Senglea 1994 |work=panoramio.com}}</ref>
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