The Great Wall of China is the world's longest wall See List of fortifications for a list of notable fortified structures.
For city walls in particular, see List of cities with defensive walls .
Pre-modern fortifications
Part of the southern section of the Chester city walls showing the base of a former drum tower and the River Dee The Roman walls of Lugo are a UNESCO World Heritage Site The Walls of Ston are a series of defensive stone walls , originally more than 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long, that surrounded and protected the city of Ston , in Dalmatia , part of the Republic of Ragusa , in what is now southern Croatia .[ 1]
Africa
Americas
Asia
The Great Wall of China , China – part of UNESCO site 438,.[ 2] Ming Great Wall , built from 1368 to 1644, measures 8,850 km long.Great Wall of Qi , the oldest of the Chinese Great Walls.Yan (state) Zhongshan (state) Zhao (state) Qin dynasty Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), the longest Great Wall in history.Northern Wei dynastyNorthern Qi dynastyJin Dynasty (1115–1234), built to defend against northern nomadic tribes, once spanning over 2,500 kilometers long.[ 3] Western Xia Liao dynasty Ranikot Fort , Also called 'The Great Wall of Pakistan', second largest wall of South Asia after Kumbhalgarh fort in IndiaCheolli Jangseong , North Korea and ChinaGreat Wall of Gorgan in Iran , (World's second longest[ 4] [ 5] Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi in Quảng Ngãi , Vietnam .Kumbhalgarh , in Rajasthan , India
Europe
Walls of Constantinople in TurkeyAnastasian Wall in TurkeyAntonine Wall in Scotland , United Kingdom – part of UNESCO site 430[ 6] Aurelian Walls of RomeWalls of Ston in Croatia Danevirke , GermanyRoman limes in Upper Germania, Lower Germania and Rhaetia , Germany – part of UNESCO site 430[ 6] Hadrian's Wall in England – part of UNESCO site 430[ 6] [ 7] Long Wall (Thracian Chersonese) Offa's Dyke between Mercia (England) and Powys (Wales)Serpent's Wall , the ancient walls in Ukraine Wall of Severus , between Roman Britain and [not recorded]Silesia Walls , Poland Trajan's Wall , in Dobruja , Romania Athanaric's Wall , RomaniaWat's Dyke parallel, for part of the distance, to Offa's Dyke , England:Wales.
Modern defensive walls or border barriers
View from the West Berlin side of graffiti art on the Berlin Wall in 1986. The wall's "death strip", on the east side of the wall, here follows the curve of the Luisenstadt Canal (filled in 1932). Atlantic Wall in Nazi-occupied France Berlin Wall in Berlin separating West Berlin from East Germany 1961–1989 (in concrete: 1975–1989)[ 8] Inland Customs Line 2,500 miles (4,000 km) built 1843 onward in British India India–Pakistan barrier Bangladesh–India border Israeli West Bank barrier , West Bank [ 9] Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel [ 10] Belfast Peace Lines in Belfast , Northern Ireland , UKKorean Wall (alleged by DPRK ), Korean Demilitarized Zone [ 11] Ceuta border fence , in Ceuta , Autonomous city of SpainMelilla border fence in Melilla , Autonomous city of SpainUS-Mexico Border [ 12] Frontier Closed Area along Hong Kong -China borderHungary-Serbia Barrier Turkey-Syria Barrier Turkey-Iran Barrier Slovenian border Barrier Pakistan–Afghanistan barrier Myanmar-Bangladesh Border Fence India–Myanmar Barrier Moroccan Western Sahara Wall , in Western Sahara Poland–Belarus barrier [ 13]
Memorial walls
Walls in contemporary art and sports
See also
References
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