This historic photograph offers a dramatic side view of the Citadel’s bastions, where towering limestone walls rise sharply above a steep, rugged slope. The fortifications curve outward into a massive rounded bastion, with layers of stonework clearly visible and patches of vegetation clinging to the surfaces. At the top edge of the walls, additional structures are visible, including rectangular buildings with simple openings and a lookout‑like structure projecting on the left, while the foreground shows dense prickly‑pear plants and uneven rocky terrain descending away from the fort.