Citadel
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A citadel is the core fortified area of a town or city. It may be a castle, fortress, or fortified center. The term is a diminutive of "city", meaning "little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core.
In a fortification with bastions, the citadel is the strongest part of the system, sometimes well inside the outer walls and bastions, but often forming part of the outer wall for the sake of economy. It is positioned to be the last line of defence, should the enemy breach the other components of the fortification system. The functions of the police and the army, as well as the army barracks were developed in the citadel.
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List of citadels
- Amman Citadel, Amman, Jordan
- Antwerp Citadel, Belgium (demolished)
- Bam Citadel, Iran
- Cairo Citadel, Egypt
- Kastellet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Citadel of Aleppo, Syria (partly destroyed, being rebuilt)
- Citadel of Erbil, Iraq (partially ruined)
- Citadel of Ghazni, Afghanistan
- Citadel of Liège, Belgium (partially demolished)
- Citadel Počitelj, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Citadel Prins Frederik, Indonesia (demolished)
- Citadel of Salah Ed-Din, Syria (partially ruined)
- Citadella, Hungary
- Cittadella, Italy
- Cittadella (Gozo), Malta
- Citadelle Laferrière, Haiti
- Citadelle of Quebec, Canada
- Halifax Citadel, Canada
- Herat Citadel, Afghanistan
- Intramuros, Philippines
- Jerusalem Citadel or Tower of David, Israel
- Kirkuk Citadel, Iraq
- Landskrona Citadel, Sweden
- Mainz Citadel, Germany
- Petersberg Citadel, Germany
- Royal Citadel, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Spandau Citadel, Germany
- Tal Afar Citadel, Iraq
- Verne Citadel, United Kingdom
- Warsaw Citadel, Poland
- Vyšehrad, Czechia
- Špilberk Castle, Czechia
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See also
- Acropolis
- Alcazaba, a term for Moorish citadels in Spain
- Alcázar
- Arx (Roman)
- Fujian Tulou
- Kasbah, a synonym
- Kremlin (fortification)
- Presidio
- Rocca (fortification)
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