The Citadella is a fortress that never saw a battle. Built by the Habsburgs after the 1848–49 War of Independence to defend the city from further insurrection, the structure was obsolete by the time it was ready in 1851 because the political climate had changed. Today the Citadella contains some big guns and dusty displays in the central courtyard, the rather hokey 1944 Bunker Waxworks inside a bunker used during WWII, and a hotel-hostel.
To reach here from Pest, cross Elizabeth Bridge and take the stairs leading up behind the statue of St Gellért, or cross Liberty Bridge and follow Verejték utca through the park starting at the Cave Church. Bus 27 runs almost to the top of the hill from Móricz Zsigmond körtér, southwest of the Danubius Gellért Hotel (and accessible on trams 18, 19, 47 and 49).
