Citadel
In Citadella, once a fortress crowned the top of Gellért Hill, the citadel was begun in 1851 under Austrian command and finished in 1854, built by Hungarian forced labor after the 1848 revolution. Designed by Emmanuel Zitta and Ferenc Kasselik, it stretched about 235 meters up the plateau, with a U-shaped layout around a central courtyard and a artillery complement of sixty cannons. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, Hungarian garrison troops left in 1897, the main gate was damaged, and the city took possession in late 1899, with the walls demolished by 1900. During the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Soviet troops occupied the Citadella and fired toward the city in the assault that toppled the Nagy government. By now, the site is described as DESTROYED; the fortress no longer exists. …
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