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the last fortress standing when the rest of the city has already surrendered.
means A fortress that commands and protects a city, usually built on high ground as a stronghold of last resort.
from From Italian 'cittadella,' meaning 'little city' — the diminutive of 'città' (city), which traces back to Latin 'civitas,' the body of citizens. So the word is literally a small city tucked inside the larger one, walled off and defensible, where the inhabitants could retreat when the gates fell. It reached English in the 1500s by way of French 'citadelle.'
- meaning
- Means little city, a town within the walls
- final stand
- Built to outlast the city it guards
- double duty
- Aimed cannons inward at restless citizens too
- cairo's crown
- Saladin's citadel ruled Egypt for 700 years
citadel of aleppo — 12th-century fortified palace in syria, one of the oldest continuously inhabited citadels
the citadel military college — historic military academy founded 1842 in charleston, south carolina