A high rocky hill on or near which early people built cities is called a citadel or acropolis. These fortified elevated sites provided strategic advantages, such as defensive positions and improved visibility, making them ideal for early settlements and city-building. Examples include the Acropolis of Athens in Greece and the Citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru.
The ancient citadel of Athens was the Acropolis. This citadel is located on a high outcrop above Athens. It was built in the 5th century B.C.
The citadel was huge.The citadel was almost impossible to conquer. Almost.Nobody could break the citadel's defences for hundreds of years.Until the British Empire showed up and cracked the walls of the citadel as if it was a sandcastle.
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King Herod
the Citadel of King Sargon II was built in the Assyrian capital of Khorsabad during the late 700s BCE? Included at the citadel one would find palaces, temples, public buildings, and a ziggurat that actually stood higher than any other structure.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Capitoli.html Bruce Kennedy Canton Ohio
The capital was built on a hill named Palatine Hill in ancient Rome.
The Halifax Citadel (not that anyone from Halifax would call it that. It's Citadel Hill!)
because it helped the soldiers to train before the war
The seven hills are:Aventine Hill (Aventinus)Caelian Hill (Caelius)Capitoline Hill (Capitolinus)Esquiline Hill (Esquilinus)Palatine Hill (Palatinus)Quirinal Hill (Quirinalis)Viminal Hill (Viminalis)Clarification:Rome was built on seven hills. The Vatican was built on Mons Vaticanus.
Pnyx hill also known as Ekklesia was built by Greece people (Athenians)