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The Royal Citadel, Plymouth

The Royal Citadel, Plymouth

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The Royal Citadel, Plymouth

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Location: Plymouth, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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Dan Hobson

July 5, 2019

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This dramatic 17th-century fortress was built to defend the coastline from the Dutch. The fortress, owned and managed by English Heritage, is still used by the military today.

Wolf Beyenburg

July 17, 2023

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The fortress is still a military facility and cannot be visited.

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Brian

March 30, 2017

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The Royal Citadel in Plymouth, Devon, England, was built in the late 1660s to the design of Sir Bernard de Gomme. It is at the eastern end of Plymouth Hoe overlooking Plymouth Sound, and encompasses the site of the earlier fort that had been built in the time of Sir Francis Drake.

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