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Example sentences for: citadel

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It is possible to walk along the walls, which seem to be swallowed up by the higher modern buildings of the city, to gain an impression of how large the citadel once was.
The Roman citadel in Barcelona, surrounded by a massive wall, occupied high ground where the cathedral and city hall now stand.
Hard to believe that this gleaming citadel of big business and the good urban life was a malarial swamp in the 1790s.
Overlooking the main swimming/fishing beach, the 13th-century citadel is one of the few buildings to have survived the earthquake and tidal wave of 1755.
The ﬁnest place to enjoy the views — reminiscent of the best of the Rhine — are at the Citadel, high on a hill above the ruins of the old palace of Visegrád (which means “high castle” in Slavic).