Haiti
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Acul-du-Nord Arrondissement

Citadelle Laferrière

The Citadelle Laferrière, commonly known as La Citadelle, is a large early-19th-century fortress located in in , . It is situated on the Bonnet à l'Evêque mountaintop located approximately 8 kilometres uphill from the town of Milot, 27 kilometres south of the city of , and 15 kilometres southwest of the Three Bays Protected Area.
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  • Type: Fort
  • Description: large mountaintop fortress in northern Haiti
  • Also known as: “Citadelle”, “Citadelle de Christophe”, “Citadelle Henri Christophe”, “Citadelle Laferière”, “la Citadelle”, “La Citadelle Henri”, “La Ferrière”, and “Ruines du Palais de Christophe”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milot and Dondon.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a city in the north of . It is a small city about 20 km from . Nearby is the UNESCO World Heritage site that comprises the ruins of Sans Souci palace and the Citadelle built by King Henri Christophe, a key figure in the Haitian Revolution.

Town
is a commune in the , in the department of . It has 25,846 inhabitants. is nicknamed "the city of caves" with numerous natural caves in the surrounding mountains. The most famous is the voûte-à-Minguet. is situated 5 km south of Citadelle Laferrière.

Town
Photo: Nyou9117, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune in the , in the Department of . Jean-Jacques Dessalines was born there in 1758 on the Cormiers plantation. is situated 8 km east of Citadelle Laferrière.

Citadelle Laferrière

Latitude
19.57358° or 19° 34′ 25″ north
Longitude
-72.24302° or 72° 14′ 35″ west
Elevation
858 metres (2,815 feet)
Open location code
77F9HQF4+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 220820148
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Geo­Names ID
3723098
Wiki­data ID
Q206194
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Citadelle Laferrière” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة لافيرير”
  • Bashkir: “Ла-Ферьер”
  • Burmese: “လာဖဲရီရာ ရဲတိုက်”
  • Catalan: “Ciutadella de La Ferrière”
  • Chinese: “拉費里埃城堡”
  • Chinese: “拉費里埃爾堡”
  • Chinese: “拉费里埃尔堡”
  • Dutch: “Citadel Laferriere”
  • Dutch: “Citadel Laferrière”
  • Esperanto: “Citadelo Laferrière”
  • French: “citadelle Henri christophe”
  • French: “citadelle La Ferrière”
  • French: “Citadelle La Ferrière”
  • French: “citadelle Laferrière”
  • Georgian: “ლა-ფერიერის ციტადელი”
  • German: “Zitadelle La Ferrière”
  • Haitian: “Sitadèl Laferyè”
  • Haitian: “Sitadèl-Laferyè”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת לה פרייר”
  • Hungarian: “Citadelle Laferrière”
  • Italian: “Citadelle Laferrière”
  • Japanese: “シタデル・ラフェリエール”
  • Lithuanian: “La Ferjero citadelė”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Hortalessa de Laferrière”
  • Persian: “دژ هنری کریستف”
  • Polish: “Citadelle La Ferrière”
  • Portuguese: “Citadelle Henri Christophe”
  • Portuguese: “Citadelle Laferrière”
  • Portuguese: “La Citadelle”
  • Portuguese: “Sitadèl-Laferyè”
  • Russian: “Ла-Ферьер”
  • Slovenian: “Citadela Laferriere”
  • Spanish: “citadelle del rey christophe”
  • Spanish: “Citadelle Laferrière”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Laferrière”
  • Tatar: “Ла-Ферьер”
  • Turkish: “Laferrière Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Цитадель Лафер’єр”
  • Vietnamese: “Citadelle Laferriere”

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