Warsaw Citadel

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Warsaw Citadel
Warsaw, Poland
Aerial view of Citadel in 2024 with Polish Army Museum (on the left) and Museum of Polish History.
Warsaw Citadel
Coordinates	52°15′54″N 21°0′0″E / 52.26500°N 21.00000°E / 52.26500; 21.00000
Type	citadel
Site information
Controlled by	Imperial Russia (until 1918) Poland
Site history
Built	1834
Garrison information
Garrison	3rd Rocket Anti-Air Artillery Brigade

Warsaw Citadel (Polish: Cytadela Warszawska) is a 19th-century fortress in Warsaw, Poland. It was built by order of Tsar Nicholas I after the suppression of the 1830 November Uprising in order to bolster imperial Russian control of the city. It served as a prison into the late 1930s, especially the dreaded Tenth Pavilion of the Warsaw Citadel (X Pawilon Cytadeli Warszawskiej); the latter has been a museum since 1963.