Example sentences for: citadel

How can you use “citadel” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 1200–700 b.c. ). Their first capital city was Hattusa (now Bo‘azköy, near Ankara), which dates from the 13th century b.c. and has tombs, fortifications, enclosed temples, and a citadel containing an impressive library of more than 3,300 cuneiform tablets.

  • This action altered the perception that San Juan was a citadel city — already an anachronism at the time — and plans were drawn up to develop the area immediately east of the city, an area that became known as Puerta de Tierra or “gateway to the land.”

  • To the east, the grand Byzantine citadel of Ravenna dominates the seaside resorts lining the Adriatic.

  • For a good panoramic view of Halifax and a sense of its important military history, make your way around the grassy slopes leading to the star-shaped Citadel, from which a cannon-shot has boomed across the town each day at noon since the 1850s.

  • From the Citadel, looking east, you can see the city’s popular landmark, the Old Town Clock.


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