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The Citadel

The Citadel Military College of South Carolina is a public senior military college in , United States. Established in 1842, it is the third oldest of the six senior military colleges in the United States.
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  • Email: admissions@citadel.edu
  • Type: College
  • Description: U.S. military college in Charleston, South Carolina
  • Also known as: “Citadel (South Carolina)”, “Citadel military college”, “citadel.edu”, “Military College of South Carolina”, “The Citadel (South Carolina)”, “The Citadel Military College of South Carolina”, and “The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina”
  • Address: 171 Moultrie Street, Charleston, SC 29409

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Daniel Library and Summerall Chapel.

Library
The is the main library of The Citadel, and is located on the college's campus. The library holds approximately 180,000 volumes in addition to extensive digital collections. is situated 510 feet northeast of The Citadel.

Church
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is a cruciform on the campus of The Citadel in . Constructed from 1936 to 1938, the chapel serves the South Carolina Corps of Cadets and the broader Citadel and Charleston communities. is situated 640 feet northeast of The Citadel.

Stadium
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is an 11,500-seat football , the home field of The Citadel Bulldogs football team, in , United States. is situated 1,600 feet southeast of The Citadel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hampton Park Terrace and Charleston.

Neighborhood
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is the name both of a neighborhood and a National Register district located in peninsular , . The neighborhood is bounded on the west by The Citadel, on the north by Hampton Park, on the east by Rutledge Ave, and on the south by Congress St.

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is the largest and oldest city in the state of in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in in the US, also known as the Eastside or the East Side. A prominent merchant, Henry Laurens, bought several tracts totaling 99 acres where is today.

The Citadel

Latitude
32.79641° or 32° 47′ 47″ north
Longitude
-79.96013° or 79° 57′ 37″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Inception
1842
Operator
The Citadel
Open location code
8742Q2WQ+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 467553319
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­college
Geo­Names ID
4598453
Wiki­data ID
Q1806300
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“The Citadel” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “The Citadel”
  • Chinese: “南卡罗来纳军事学院”
  • Chinese: “南卡罗莱纳军事要塞学院”
  • Chinese: “南卡羅萊納軍事要塞學院”
  • Chinese: “南卡要塞军事学院”
  • Chinese: “南卡要塞軍事學院”
  • Chinese: “色岱爾軍校”
  • Chinese: “要塞军校”
  • Chinese: “要塞軍校”
  • Dutch: “The Citadel (militaire academie)”
  • Dutch: “The Citadel”
  • Finnish: “The Citadel”
  • French: “académie militaire de Caroline du Sud”
  • French: “Académie militaire de caroline du sud”
  • French: “Académie militaire de Caroline du Sud”
  • German: “The Citadel”
  • German: “The Military College of South Carolina”
  • Hebrew: “המכללה הצבאית בקרוליינה הדרומית”
  • Hungarian: “The Citadel”
  • Indonesian: “Sekolah Tinggi Militer Carolina Selatan”
  • Japanese: “ザ・シタデル”
  • Japanese: “サウスカロライナ軍事大学”
  • Japanese: “シタデル士官学校”
  • Japanese: “シタデル大学”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “The Citadel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “The Military College of South Carolina”
  • Norwegian: “The Military College of South Carolina”
  • Persian: “دی سیتادل”
  • Polish: “The Citadel”
  • Russian: “Цитадель”
  • Swedish: “The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina”
  • Turkish: “The Citadel”
  • Ukrainian: “Цитадель, Військовий коледж Південної Кароліни”
  • Urdu: “دی سیٹاڈیل، دی ملٹری کالج آف جنوبی کیرولائنا”

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