Citadella is the Hungarian word for Citadel, a kind of fortress. The word Citadella is exclusively used by other languages to denote the Citadel located upon the top of the strategic Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary.
The fortress was built in 1851 by Julius Jacob von Haynau, a commander of the Habsburg Monarchy, and designed by Emmanuel Zitta and Ferenc Kasselik, after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. It occupies almost the entire 235 metres high plateau. The fortress is a U-shaped structure built about a central courtyard, being 220 metres long, 60 metres wide, and 4 metres tall. It had a complement of sixty cannons.
Actually built by Hungarian forced labourers, it was finished in 1854. In June 1854 Austrian troops settled in the citadel. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 and the establishment of Austria–Hungary, the Hungarians demanded the destruction of the Citadel, but the garrison troops left only in 1897, when the main gate was symbolically damaged. It was not until late 1899 when the city took possession of the Citadel. A few months later, in 1900, the walls were demolished.
The Cittadella (Maltese: Iċ-Ċittadella), also known as the Citadel, is a small fortified city and citadel which lies in the heart of Victoria on the island of Gozo, Malta. The area has been inhabited since the Bronze Age, and in the Medieval era it was known as the Gran Castello. The Cittadella has been on Malta's tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1998.
Archaeological remains show that the area presently occupied by the Cittadella was first inhabited during the Bronze Age. The settlement was further developed by the Phoenicians, and during the Roman era, it became the acropolis of a city known as Glauconis Civitas.
During the Medieval period, the settlement was transformed into a castle, which became known as the Gran Castello. Over time, the Cittadella became too small for the growing population, and the suburb of Rabat developed around the southern part of the walled citadel. In the fifteenth century, during the rule of the Crown of Aragon, the city's fortifications were strengthened. The fortifications which surround the town mainly served to protect the village communities from foraging corsairs who raided the Maltese islands in order to take slaves.
If only i could bridge these oceans,
and bring you home to me again,
Oh why are you so far from me?
I took at the stars, i cant take this anymore,
Oh god, i cant take this.
I cant take this anymore,
discouraged, lying on the floor,
as the sun begins to rise,
its so beautiful to these eyes,
Better a diamond with a flaw, than a pebble without,
better investing in a soul, to be left in doubt,
(If only i could bridge these oceans,
and bring you home, bring you home, bring you home to
me again)
Oh god, i cant feel you near me anymore,,
youre no longer by my side, and next time
i wont let you get away
and we will be waiting, forever,
and we will be waiting, forever
Better a diamond with a flaw, than a pebble without,
better investing in a soul, to be left in doubt,
(If only i could bridge these oceans,
and bring you home, bring you home, bring you home to
me again)
We will stand and fight last one out gets the lights,
(If we could only keep our distance from consistency,