During the Haitian rebellion, many fortifications and bunkers were needed to be built in order to prevent the French from invading. The most impressive of the fortresses was a fort called La Citadelle. Resting on a mountain, La Citadelle watches over the city of Cap-Haïtien to fend off a possible French attack from the city. The fortress was built under Henry Christophe’s reign, a helper for the independence of Haiti and the leader after Jean-Jaques Dessallines. Building the fortress took place from 1805-1820 and even though it was built to protect people, up to 20,000 people may have died in the enforced construction. Also, La Citadelle was not the only fortess created but it was part of a system of fortresses in order to prevent an invasion. In the end, even though it took 15 years and many lives to build, La Citadelle was never actually used for a military action although it was still badly damaged by nature. Today La Citadelle is an major tourist attraction and national park and one of Haiti’s most prominent symbols; some even call it the eighth wonder of the world. To sum it up La Citadelle is a magnificent fortress that took blood sweat and tears to create and turned out to be an iconic part of Haiti’s history.