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Warsaw Citadel | |
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Warsaw, Poland | |
![]() Aerial view of Citadel in 2024. | |
Coordinates | 52°15′53″N 21°00′01″E / 52.26459°N 21.00034°E |
Type | citadel |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Imperial Russia (until 1918) Poland |
Site history | |
Built | 1834 |
In use | ? |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 3rd Rocket Anti-Air Artillery Brigade |
Warsaw Citadel (Polish: Cytadela Warszawska) is a 19th-century fortress in Warsaw, Poland. 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. It served as a prison into the late 1930s, especially the dreaded Tenth Pavilion of the Warsaw Citadel (X Pawilon Cytadeli Warszawskiej); the latter has been a museum since 1963.