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Fort George (named after King George II of Great Britain) is the fortified summit of Citadel Hill, a National Historic Site of Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. First established in 1749, during Father Le Loutre's War to protect the protestant settlers against raids by the French, Acadians, and Wabanaki Confederacy (primarily the Mi'kmaq), it was successively rebuilt to defend the town ...
Citadel Hill is a hill that is a National Historic Site in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Four fortifications have been constructed on Citadel Hill since the city was founded by the English in 1749, and were referred to as Fort George—but only the third fort (built between 1794 and 1800) was officially named Fort George .
Citadel Hill National Historic Site. Perched atop the grassy hillock looming over town, this star-shaped fort played a key role in Halifax's founding. Construction began in 1749; the current citadel is the fourth, built from 1818 to 1861. The grounds and battlements inside the fort are open year-round, with free admission when the exhibits are ...
Built in 1776, the new fort on Citadel Hill was composed of multiple lines of overlapping earthen redans backing a large outer palisade wall. At the center was a three-story octagonal blockhouse mounting a fourteen-gun battery and accommodating 100 troops. These works required that the hill be cut down by 40 feet. The entire fortress mounted 72 ...
60 reviews and 192 photos of CITADEL HILL "A really big fort A gigantic fort located on top of a huge hill right in the middle of Halifax. It's also called The Citadel and you can't help but noticed it from anywhere in the area. It was built over many years during the first half of the 19th century and the view from the top is spectacular.
A Citadel Hill is a hilltop military stronghold. It can also refer to: Citadel Hill (Fort George), a glacial drumlin on Halifax, Nova Scotia and the site of Fort George. Jabal al-Qal'a, a hill in Amman, Jordan and the site of a 2000-year-old Roman stronghold. Category: Place name disambiguation pages.
