The citadel sat high above the city and was seen from many miles around. From LearnThat.org.
The mosque in the citadel is rather disappointing. From Wordnik.com. [Three Months in the Soudan] Reference
In the original Persian text, the citadel is rendered as the Arg-i Kabul. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
The citadel is warded against magical intrusion-we can't just 'pop' in and out, even if such a thing were easily possible. From Wordnik.com. [EXCERPT: The Blood King by Gail Z. Martin] Reference
To him the citadel was a fresh addition to his power. From Wordnik.com. [The Wagnerian Romances] Reference
"They say the citadel is a hundred times as rich as this.". From Wordnik.com. [The Tower of Fear]
The citadel is the great sight of Besançon, and the polite. From Wordnik.com. [Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland] Reference
At the base of the citadel was a bridge, and Lorenzo was crossing it. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The citadel, which is built on a spur of the Mokattam hills, occupies the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
The citadel is the strongest the English had seen, except that of Tripoli. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
South of the citadel is another group of tomb-mosques known as the tombs of the Mamelukes. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
"Then the keys of the citadel are yours," cried the lieutenant; "I only ask the lives of my garrison.". From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
Protestant party until the fall of La Rochelle, which was emphatically called the citadel of 'the Reform.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Most people come to Hue to visit the citadel, which is actually a citadel within a citadel within a citadel!. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
After all, its magic is evil and the Grove's magic is evil and it's pretty big-the citadel, that is, not the Grove. From Wordnik.com. [Test of the Twins]
Near the citadel is the "Maison centrale des détenus," now only containing a few old men, too feeble for hard labour. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
At the southern extremity of the enclosure is a high mound, which is called the citadel, crowned with extensive ruins. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference
The citadel was a place very difficult for an enemy to enter; for the entrance was through a narrow dark passage underground. From Wordnik.com. [Far Off] Reference
Within the citadel are the magazines, armoury, storehouses, &c., and the messrooms and barracks for the officers, covered with tin. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage across the Atlantic] Reference
Almost the last to retreat within the ramparts of the citadel were a score or so of veterans belonging to Isidore's former regiment. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France] Reference
Berlin papers made a great hurrah about the capture of the citadel, which is a purely ornamental old fort without military importance. From Wordnik.com. [A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium] Reference
I stayed at Albabenshal, an 11-room bed and breakfast built into the ruins of Shali, the 13th-century citadel, which is being restored. From Wordnik.com. [In Egypt's Desert, an Oasis Blooms Anew] Reference
Its citadel, which is now totally destroyed, was one of Iran's major tourist attractions and the largest mud brick structure in the world. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2003] Reference
The citadel is a fantastic one day walking tour and there are some pretty savvy guides who offer a good historical background of the place. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Often called a "citadel" - with two way communications. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Funny intentionally? that "citadel" was the word used. From Wordnik.com. ["If they want to be boys, they should go to a co-ed school."] Reference
They even found some luddite to stand up for the 'citadel' that is the printed book. From Wordnik.com. [Kindling] Reference
I used the word "citadel" because from what I've read, a lot of these women do have a sort of fortress-like mentality. From Wordnik.com. ["If they want to be boys, they should go to a co-ed school."] Reference
The royal citadel is meant. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
His town residence is a kind of citadel -- not particularly impressive, nor clean -- inside the city wall. From Wordnik.com. [Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland] Reference
They had made the upper quarter of Omsk a kind of citadel, and hitherto they held out well in this species of improvised. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar] Reference
The Temple itself was a kind of citadel, which had its own walls, superior in their workmanship and construction to those of the city. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2] Reference
The town is of great extent; and is surrounded by a wall, and defended by a kind of citadel, which stands on an adjacent rocky island. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe] Reference
The most mountainous part of the district, named the Manor of Courland, was formed into a kind of citadel, replenished with stores, and. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched] Reference
"citadel," inside which her ten 18-ton and 12-ton guns were well protected. From Wordnik.com. [How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900] Reference
More important, New England became the citadel of U.S. manufacturing. From Wordnik.com. [LESSONS FROM NEW ENGLAND] Reference
Boston, as you all well know, is the citadel of American civilization. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Two Wrongs] Reference
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