Warsaw Citadel

Warsaw Citadel is a 19th-century fortress in , . It was built by order of Tsar Nicholas I after the suppression of the 1830 November Uprising in order to bolster imperial Russian control of the city.
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  • Type: Fort
  • Description: part of Warsaw Fortress
  • Also known as: “Cytadela Aleksandrowska”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Polish Army Museum and Polish History Museum.

Museum
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Museum of the Polish Army is a museum in documenting the military history of . Established in 1920 under the Second Polish Republic, it formerly occupied a wing of the building of the and now occupies a building of its own at the Warsaw Citadel, as well as several branches in Poland.

Museum
The Museum of Polish History or the is a museum and national cultural institute in , . The purpose of the museum is to present the most important events in Polish history, with a particular emphasis on Polish traditions of freedom.

Park
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is situated 120 metres west of Warsaw Citadel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Żoliborz and New Town, Warsaw.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Quarter
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New Town, Polish: Nowe Miasto, historically known as New Warsaw is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in the city of , , located within the district of .

Suburb
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The area to the west of , consisting of the districts of Wola, Ochota and , contains many parts of the historic core of , .

Warsaw Citadel

Latitude
52.26448° or 52° 15′ 52″ north
Longitude
21.00065° or 21° 0′ 2″ east
Inception
May 4th, 1834
Open location code
9G437272+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 31102888
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Wiki­data ID
Q206212
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Vietnamese—“Warsaw Citadel” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Александров цитаделе”
  • Bulgarian: “Варшавска цитадела”
  • Chinese: “華沙要塞”
  • Danish: “Warsawa Citadel”
  • Esperanto: “varsovia citadelo”
  • French: “citadelle de Varsovie”
  • French: “Citadelle de Varsovie”
  • German: “Zitadelle Warschau”
  • Greek: “Οχυρό της Βαρσοβίας”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר ורשה”
  • Italian: “Cittadella di Varsavia”
  • Japanese: “ワルシャワ砦”
  • Korean: “바르샤바 성채”
  • Persian: “ارگ ورشو”
  • Polish: “Cytadela Warszawska”
  • Romanian: “cetatea Varșovia”
  • Russian: “Александровская цитадель”
  • Russian: “Цитадель”
  • Slovenian: “Varšavska citadela”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Varsovia”
  • Ukrainian: “Цитадель (Варшава)”
  • Ukrainian: “Цитадель”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành cổ Warsaw”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành cổ Warszawa”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Opancerzony pojazd dowodzenia artylerii Skot R-3A and Lekki czołg pływający PT-76.

Nearby Places

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