The Citadelle Laferrière, a large mountaintop fortress…

January 1820 CE

The Citadelle Laferrière, a large mountaintop fortress in Nord, Haiti, has been built of stone by up to twenty thousand workers between 1805 and 1820 as part of a system of fortifications designed to keep the newly independent nation of Haiti safe from French incursions.

The largest fortification in the Americas, the Citadel is built several kilometers inland, and atop the nine hundred meter (three thousand foot) Bonnet a L’Eveque mountain, to deter attacks and to provide a lookout into the nearby valleys.

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Citadelle Laferrière Nord Haiti View →

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Haitian Civil War of 1806-1820 View →

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