A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense.
A citadel is a fortified place, usually in a raised position in or near a city. go back
A small but strong fort within, or a part of, a larger fortification. Usually located to dominate the area and other works surrounding it, so as to function as a place of refuge from which a defense could be prolonged.
The castle protecting the city of Adana. The citadel also serves as a school for officers.
Heavily fortified, independent defensive structure within city walls, dominating an ancient or medieval town; in the bastion system, the strongest part of the fort.
a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
a fortress, a stronghold, a refuge
a place of refuge , a safe haven of sorts
a stronghold; a fortress that commands a city
a fort usually with bastions which is situated on the edge of a town and which forms part of the defences of the town. The Acropilis was the equivalent of the itadel in the Greek city.
name for a Salvation Army hall
(25) -- literally "little city," the smaller or inner fortified city (Oxford Dict.) Sample Image (Lesson 21)
A place of worship in the Salvation Army, a fortress
The Québec Citadel, built between 1820 and 1831 on the heights of Cape Diamond, is a fortification that was built to defend the city, in the event of attacks from the St. Lawrence River or from the west.
a fortress in a commanding position in or near a city
Large hill top fortifications, the best examples in Canada are at Quebec City and Halifax.
A citadel is a fortress for protecting a town, sometimes with a castle in its middle. The term derives from the same Latin root as the word "city", civis, meaning citizen.
Citadel is a computer game released in 1985 for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro by Superior Software. A platform game with some puzzle solving elements, the game's plot involves finding five crystals hidden in various locations in a large castle, together with areas outside it (including a wasteland, a pyramid, a sea and an island) and returning them to their rightful place.
The Citadel Theatre is the major venue for theatre arts in the city of Edmonton. Founded in 1965, it moved to its current building just off Churchill Square in 1978. The building itself houses the Maclab, Shoctor and Rice Theatres, Zeidler Hall (the venue for the art-house Metro Cinema), the Tucker Amphitheatre, and the Foote Theatre School.