Citadelle Laferrière

Local nameCitadelle La Ferrière
LocationHaiti

The Citadelle Laferrière, commonly known as La Citadelle, is a large early 19th-century fortress located in Milot in Nord, Haiti. It is situated on the Bonnet à l'Evêque mountaintop located approximately 8 kilometres uphill from the town of Milot, 27 kilometres south of the city of Cap-Haïtien, and 15 kilometres southwest of the Three Bays Protected Area.

The Citadelle Laferrière was commissioned by Haitian revolutionary Henri Christophe, for whom it is also named Citadelle Henri Christophe, and built by tens of thousands of former slaves. It was the main fortification of the newly independent First Empire of Haiti's defensive strategy against a potential French incursion.

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Citadelle Laferrière… @ SPC Gibran Torres, United States Army
 

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadelle_Laferrière

Address Haiti

Coordinates 19°34'21.682" N -72°14'36.44" E

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