9 Metaphors for citadel

The citadel is now a mass of ruins, having been deserted since the earthquake.

The citadel was by Vauban. BELGÆ, Cæsar's name for the tribes of the Celtic family in Gaul N. of the Seine and Marne; mistakenly rated as Germans by Cæsar.

" It seems quite possible that the inaccessible, forgotten citadel of Machu Picchu was the place chosen by Manco as the safest refuge for those Virgins of the Sun who had successfully escaped from Cuzco in the days of Pizarro.

" The citadel of Parma is a colossal building with a flat roof 180 feet above the level of the ground.

The citadel of Cairo, on the contrary, has been the theatre of comparatively recent events; it is filled with recollections of the hero whose exploits, narrated by the most eloquent pens, have charmed us in our childhood, and still continue to excite interest in our breaststhe Sultan Saladin.

And the citadel became a great trap, And served as a place of ambush against the sanctuary, And an evil adversary to Israel continually.

"The Citadel" is the Military Academy of South Carolina in Charleston.

Mahomet's losses were more severe than any which he had encountered for some time, but, undeterred and exultant, he marched to Taif, whose idolatrous citadel had become a refuge for the flying auxiliaries of the Hawazin.

This ancient citadel is the most celebrated in England, and dates back to the time of William the Conqueror (A.D., 1066) at least; but tradition refers it even to Caesar's time.

9 Metaphors for  citadel