The Citadelpark is a park in the Belgian city of Ghent, located south of the city center and bordering the inner ringway.
History
editThe park is located on an elevated ridge between the rivers Muinkschelde en Leie. Between 1819 and 1831 - when Ghent was still under Dutch control - they built the citadel of Ghent on this locatio as part of the startegic Wellington barrier that protected the southern border of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands against the French.