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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
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Africa
[edit]- AlgeriaTunisia Fossatum Africae
- Nigeria Sungbo's Eredo, built during 800–1000 AD in Ijebu Ode in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria
Americas
[edit]- Mexico Great Wall of Tlaxcala, mentioned in the history of Bernal Díaz del Castillo
- Peru Walls of Lima
- Peru Wall of Trujillo
- Puerto Rico Walls of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Asia
[edit]- China Great Wall of China, China – part of UNESCO site 438.[2] This is mostly used to refer to the Ming Great Wall, built from 1368 to 1644, measures 8,850 km long.
- China Great Wall of Qi, the oldest of the Chinese Great Walls.
- China Great Wall of Yan (state)
- China Great Wall of Zhongshan (state)
- China Great Wall of Zhao (state)
- China Great Wall of Qin dynasty
- China Great Wall of Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), the longest Great Wall in history.
- China Great Wall of Northern Wei dynasty
- China Great Wall of Northern Qi dynasty
- China Great Wall of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115–1234), built to defend against northern nomadic tribes, once spanning over 2,500 kilometers long.[3]
- ChinaMongolia Great Wall of Western Xia
- ChinaMongolia Great Wall of the Khitan Liao dynasty
- Pakistan Ranikot Fort, Also called 'The Great Wall of Pakistan', second largest wall of South Asia after Kumbhalgarh fort in India
- North KoreaChina Cheolli Jangseong, North Korea and China
- Iran Great Wall of Gorgan in Iran, (World's second longest wall)[4][5]
- Vietnam Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi in Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam.
- India Kumbhalgarh, in Rajasthan, India
- Armenia Smbat Walls
- China Miaojiang_Great_Wall
- Sasanian defense lines
Europe
[edit]- Turkey Walls of Constantinople in Turkey
- Turkey Anastasian Wall in Turkey
- United Kingdom Antonine Wall in Scotland, United Kingdom – part of UNESCO site 430[6]
- Italy Aurelian Walls of Rome
- Croatia Walls of Ston in Croatia
- Error creating thumbnail: Danevirke, Germany
- Error creating thumbnail: Roman limes in Upper Germania, Lower Germania and Rhaetia, Germany – part of UNESCO site 430[6]
- United Kingdom Hadrian's Wall in England – part of UNESCO site 430[6][7]
- Turkey Long Wall (Thracian Chersonese)
- Long_Walls
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- United Kingdom Offa's Dyke between Mercia (England) and Powys (Wales)
- Ukraine Serpent's Wall, the ancient walls in Ukraine
- United Kingdom Wall of Severus, between Roman Britain and [not recorded]
- Poland Silesia Walls, Poland
- Romania Trajan's Wall, in Dobruja, Romania
- Romania Athanaric's Wall, Romania
- United Kingdom Wat's Dyke parallel, for part of the distance, to Offa's Dyke, England:Wales.
- File:Flag placeholder.svg Great_Zasechnaya_cherta
Modern defensive walls or border barriers
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- Template:Country data Vichy France Nazi Germany Atlantic Wall in Nazi-occupied France
- Template:Country data West Berlin East Germany Berlin Wall in Berlin separating West Berlin from East Germany 1961–1989 (in concrete: 1975–1989)[8]
- Template:Country data South AustraliaTemplate:Country data QueenslandTemplate:Country data New South Wales Dingo_Fence
- China MongoliaGreat_Green_Wall_(China)
- India Inland Customs Line 2,500 miles (4,000 km) built 1843 onward in British India
- IndiaPakistan India–Pakistan barrier
- IndiaBangladesh Bangladesh–India border
- IsraelTemplate:Country data West Bank Sections of the Israeli West Bank barrier, West Bank[9]
- IsraelLebanon Sections of the Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel[10]
- United Kingdom Belfast Peace Lines in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- North KoreaSouth Korea Korean Wall (alleged by DPRK), Korean Demilitarized Zone[11]
- Template:Country data CeutaMorocco Ceuta border fence, in Ceuta, Autonomous city of Spain
- FranceNazi Germany Maginot_Line, in Interwar France
- Template:Country data MelillaMorocco Melilla border fence in Melilla, Autonomous city of Spain
- Mexico
US-Mexico Border,[12] including the Tortilla Wall - Hong KongChina Frontier Closed Area along Hong Kong-China border
- HungarySerbia Hungary-Serbia Barrier
- Template:Country data Western AustraliaRabbit-proof_fence
- TurkeySyria Turkey-Syria Barrier
- TurkeyIran Turkey-Iran Barrier
- SloveniaCroatia Slovenian border Barrier
- PakistanAfghanistan Pakistan–Afghanistan barrier
- MyanmarBangladesh Myanmar-Bangladesh Border Fence
- MyanmarIndia India–Myanmar Barrier
- PolandBelarus Poland–Belarus barrier[13]
- Template:Flag iconTemplate:Flag icon Moroccan Western Sahara Wall
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Memorial walls
[edit]- France Communards' Wall in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, in Paris, France
- China Democracy Wall, in Beijing (1978–1979)
- Czech Republic Lennon Wall in Prague
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial, often called the Wall, in Washington, D.C.
- Pine Grove Cemetery, second-longest contiguous stone wall in the world, in Lynn, Massachusetts
- Template:Country data HK Lennon Wall in Hong Kong
Walls in contemporary art and sports
[edit]- Die Gelbe Wand, Westfalenstadion in Dortmund
- Green Monster, Fenway Park, Boston
- Tsoi Wall in Arbat Street, Moscow
- The Wall in SoHo, New York City
- The Wall In Concert (theatrical) – While based on a figment of a main character's imagination, the concerts in the tour for the Pink Floyd album The Wall featured a real wall of giant cardboard bricks between the band and the audience which was constructed, completed, spoliated and finally destroyed during the course of each show.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Stonske zidine". Citywallsdubrovnik.hr (in Croatian). Društvo prijatelja dubrovačke starine. Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ↑ UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "The Great Wall". Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ↑ "Great Wall of Jin Dynasty (1115–1234): History, Structure, Relics". Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ↑ Chaichian, Mohammad A. (2015-03-03). Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination. Haymarket Books. ISBN 978-1-60846-422-7.
- ↑ "Secrets of the Red Snake - The great wall of Iran revealed" (PDF). Current World Archeology. No. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Frontiers of the Roman Empire". Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ↑ Chaichian, Mohammad A. (2015-03-03). Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination. Haymarket Books. ISBN 978-1-60846-422-7.
- ↑ Chaichian, Mohammad A. (2015-03-03). Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination. Haymarket Books. ISBN 978-1-60846-422-7.
- ↑ Chaichian, Mohammad A. (2015-03-03). Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination. Haymarket Books. ISBN 978-1-60846-422-7.
- ↑ Ilan Ben Zion (September 6, 2018). "Israeli wall rising near border with Lebanon stokes tensions". AP News. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ↑ Jon Herskovitz (December 31, 2007). "North Korea asks South to tear down imaginary wall". Reuters. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
- ↑ Chaichian, Mohammad A. (2015-03-03). Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination. Haymarket Books. ISBN 978-1-60846-422-7.
- ↑ "Poland completes 186-kilometre border wall with Belarus". euronews. 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2022-09-03.