Citadelle Henry

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19th-century fortress UNESCO World Heritage Site fortress mountaintop fortress tourist attraction

Citadelle Henry is a massive 19th-century mountaintop fortress in northern Haiti, built after the Haitian Revolution and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Label	Occurrences
Citadelle Henry canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century fortress ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ fortress ⓘ mountaintop fortress ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Citadelle Henri Christophe NERFINISHED ⓘ Citadelle Laferrière NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	military architecture ⓘ
builtAfter	Haitian Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFor	defense of newly independent Haiti ⓘ
constructionEnd	1820 ⓘ
constructionStart	1805 ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Haiti ⓘ
designedToDefendAgainst	French invasion ⓘ
elevation	approximately 900 metres above sea level ⓘ
governingBody	Government of Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	bastions ⓘ cannon emplacements ⓘ cisterns ⓘ storehouses ⓘ thick defensive walls ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn	Département du Nord NERFINISHED ⓘ Massif du Nord NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Haiti ⓘ
locatedNear	Cap-Haïtien NERFINISHED ⓘ Milot NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Bonnet à l’Evêque mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	mortar ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Henri Christophe NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbySite	Ramiers structures ⓘ Sans-Souci Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlooks	Cap-Haïtien NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Haitian national heritage ⓘ National History Park – Citadel, Sans Souci, Ramiers NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	military defense ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
significance	symbol of Haitian independence ⓘ symbol of resistance to colonial powers ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1982 ⓘ
UNESCORegion	Latin America and the Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	180 ⓘ
visitorAttractionStatus	major tourist destination in Haiti ⓘ

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Citadelle Laferrière, Haiti → alsoKnownAs → Citadelle Henry ⓘ

subject surface form: Citadelle Laferrière