Poland · 19th century
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.
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Warsaw Citadel ranks #833 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #20 of the 397 mapped in Poland. Founded 1834, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 7,384 times in the last 60 days, more than 91% of the atlas. 46 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Warsaw, 4 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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