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Example sentences for: citadel

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The French built the starshaped Citadel in 1750 to resist the British.
In 1169 the Fatimids were crushed by the armies of Saladin — already flush with victories in Palestine and Syria — who established the Ayyubid Dynasty and created the fortified citadel to protect Cairo.
The 16th-century Zitadelle (citadel), in the River Havel, was the scene of heavy fighting in the Napoleonic Wars.
Topping it all is the Citadel, which was once considered so impregnable that the Hungarian crown jewels were kept here.
A short walk west from the Citadel leads to Mosque of Ibn Tulun founded in 876 as the religious center of a great military compound established by Ibn Tulun who was appointed governor of Egypt in 868.