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David's Citadel is an ancient citadel located in the Middle District of Jerusalem. Originally used by the Romans as a barracks in 70 CE, after the Arab conquest of Jerusalem, the ancient building was refurbished by the city's new Muslim rulers. It withstood the assault of the Crusaders in 1099, and was later used as the seat of the Crusader kings of Jerusalem.^[1]

In 1191, the Templar Majd Addin was buried in a small graveyard in front of the citadel. The funeral was infiltrated by the Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad with the intention of killing Robert de Sablé, the Grand Master of the Templar Order, but he was discovered and fled the funeral after a confrontation with Maria Thorpe, who served as Robert's decoy.^[2]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

David's Citadel is the setting for one of the last memories in Assassin's Creed. Its appearance is anachronistic because it is based mostly on the 16th-century Ottoman reconstructions. Notwithstanding this, it features bartizan turrets—which were only developed in the 14th century—that are not present on the real citadel's walls.

Despite being one of the largest and tallest buildings in the game, it is not climbable and only minor portions of it can be entered.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

The main entrance to the citadel
Altaïr watching the citadel
The citadel viewed from afar

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Tower of David on Wikipedia
↑ Assassin's Creed – Assassination (Robert de Sablé)

[1] Tower of David on Wikipedia

[2] Assassin's Creed – Assassination (Robert de Sablé)

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+{{Era|Landmarks}}{{WP-REAL|Tower of David}}
+{{Landmarks Infobox
+|image = AC1 David's Citadel.png
+|description = An ancient citadel.
+|location = Middle District, [[Jerusalem]]
+|dateconstructed = 2nd century BCE
+}}
+'''David's Citadel''' is an ancient citadel located in the Middle District of [[Jerusalem]]. Originally used by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] as a barracks in 70 CE, after the Arab conquest of Jerusalem, the ancient building was refurbished by the city's new Muslim rulers. It withstood the [[Siege of Jerusalem (1099)|assault]] of the [[Crusaders]] in 1099, and was later used as the seat of the Crusader kings of Jerusalem.<ref>{{WP|Tower of David}}</ref>
+In 1191, the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Majd Addin]] was buried in a small graveyard in front of the citadel. The funeral was infiltrated by the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] with the intention of killing [[Robert de Sablé]], the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] of the Templar Order, but he was discovered and fled the funeral after a confrontation with [[Maria Thorpe]], who served as Robert's decoy.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination (Robert de Sablé)]]</ref>
+==Behind the scenes==
+David's Citadel is the setting for one of the last [[genetic memory|memories]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''. Its appearance is anachronistic because it is based mostly on the 16th-century Ottoman reconstructions. Notwithstanding this, it features bartizan turrets—which were only developed in the 14th century—that are not present on the real citadel's walls.
-{{Era|AC}} {{Stub}} {{Memory Infobox
+Despite being one of the largest and tallest buildings in the game, it is not climbable and only minor portions of it can be entered.
-|image       = Davidscitadelmain.png|thumb|310px
-|description = An ancient citadel.
-|appearance  = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
-|type        =
-|previous    =
-|next        =
-|ancestor    =
-|location    = Middle District, [[Jerusalem]]
-|date        = 2nd century BCE}}
-'''David's Citadel''' was an ancient citadel located in the middle district of [[Jerusalem]]. The citadel was used by [[Roman Empire|Romans]] as barracks in 70 AD. After the Arab conquest of Jerusalem, the new Muslim rulers refurbished the ancient building. It even withstood the assault of the [[Crusaders]] in 1099, but was later used as the seat of the Crusader kings of Jerusalem.
-In 1191, the [[Templar]] [[Majd Addin]] was buried on a small graveyard in front of the citadel. The funeral was infiltrated by the [[Assassin]] [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] with the intention of killing [[Robert de Sable]], the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order]].
-==Trivia==
-*Despite being one of the biggest and highest buildings in [[Assassin's Creed]], it is not climbable and only minor parts of it can be entered.
-*The citadel was rebuilt by [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] during the 16th century.
-{{-}}
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery captionalign="left">
+<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
-Davidscitadelgate.png|The main entrance to the citadel.
+Davidscitadelgate.png|The main entrance to the citadel
-Davidscitadelmain2.png|Altaïr watching the citadel.
+Davidscitadelmain2.png|Altaïr watching the citadel
+Davidscitadelmain.png|The citadel viewed from afar
 </gallery>
-[[Category:Landmarks]]
-[[Category:Jerusalem]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+[[Category:Landmarks in Jerusalem]]
+[[Category:Forts]]
+[[Category:Barracks]]