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The Citadelle of Quebec (French: Citadelle de Québec), also known as La Citadelle, is an active military installation and the secondary official residence of the governor general of Canada. [2] [3] [4] It is atop Cap Diamant, adjoining the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, Quebec.
The Citadel of Lille (French: Citadelle de Lille; Dutch: Citadel van Rijsel) is a pentagonal citadel of the city wall of Lille, in France. It was built between 1667 and 1670. [1] It hosts the Corps de réaction rapide France. [2]
The Royal 22nd Regiment's home garrison is the Citadelle of Quebec in Canada. The citadel is the largest still in military operation in North America. The Citadelle of Québec (the construction was started in 1673 and completed in 1820) still survives as the largest citadel still in official military operation in North America.
The Citadelle Laferrière was commissioned by Haitian revolutionary Henri Christophe, for whom it is also named Citadelle Henri Christophe, and built by tens of thousands of former slaves. [2] It was the main fortification of the newly independent First Empire of Haiti 's defensive strategy against a potential French incursion. [ 3 ]
The Citadel of Montreal was a former fortress used to defend the city. It was located at what is now rue Notre-Dame between rue Bonsecours and rue Berri. Smaller than the one in Old Quebec, the Citadel was built by the French in 1690 replacing the 1658 redoubt at Pointe-à-Callière.
Citadelle, the French word for citadel, may refer to: Citadel of Quebec or La Citadelle, a military installation and government residence in Quebec City, Canada; Citadelle Laferrière or the Citadelle, a 19th-century fortress in Nord, Haiti; Citadelle (gin), a French brand of gin; Citadelle, a 1948 book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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