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: “Citadel Laferriere”, “Citadelle”, “Citadelle de Christophe”, “citadelle del rey christophe”, “citadelle Henri christophe”, “Citadelle Henri Christophe”, “Citadelle Laferière”, “citadelle Laferrière”, “la Citadelle”, “La Citadelle”, “La Citadelle Henri”, “La Ferrière”, “Ruines du Palais de Christophe”, and “Sitadèl Laferyè”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milot and Dondon.

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is a city in the north of .

Town
is a commune in the , in the department of . is situated 5 km south of Citadelle Laferrière.

Town
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is a commune in the… 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 Laferrière”
  • Esperanto: “Citadelo Laferrière”
  • Finnish: “Citadelle Laferrière”
  • French: “citadelle La Ferrière”
  • French: “Citadelle Laferrière”
  • Georgian: “ლა-ფერიერის ციტადელი”
  • German: “Zitadelle La Ferrière”
  • 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”
  • Korean: “시타델 라페리에르”
  • Lithuanian: “La Ferjero citadelė”
  • Nepali: “सिटाडेले लाफेररिएर”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Hortalessa de Laferrière”
  • Persian: “دژ هنری کریستف”
  • Polish: “Citadelle La Ferrière”
  • Portuguese: “Citadelle Laferrière”
  • Russian: “Ла-Ферьер”
  • Slovenian: “Citadela Laferriere”
  • Spanish: “Citadelle Laferrière”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Laferrière”
  • Tatar: “Ла-Ферьер”
  • Turkish: “Laferrière Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Цитадель Лафер’єр”
  • Vietnamese: “Citadelle Laferriere”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Citadelle Laferrière and Fortifié des Ramiers.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Batterie Royale and Quartier des Officiers.

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