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List of walls

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List of walls
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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

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The [[Roman walls of Lugo]] are a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Africa

  • AlgeriaTunisia Fossatum Africae
  • Nigeria Sungbo's Eredo, built during 800–1000 AD in Ijebu Ode in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria

Americas

  • Mexico Great Wall of Tlaxcala, mentioned in the history of Bernal Díaz del Castillo
  • Puerto Rico Walls of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

Asia

  • China Great Wall of China, China – part of UNESCO site 438. 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.
  • 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)
  • Vietnam Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi in Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam.
  • India Kumbhalgarh, in Rajasthan, India
  • Armenia Smbat Walls
  • Sasanian defense lines

Europe

  • Turkey Walls of Constantinople in Turkey
  • Turkey Anastasian Wall in Turkey
  • UK Antonine Wall in Scotland, United Kingdom – part of UNESCO site 430
  • Italy Aurelian Walls of Rome
  • Croatia Walls of Ston in Croatia
  • Germany Danevirke, Germany
  • Germany Roman limes in Upper Germania, Lower Germania and Rhaetia, Germany – part of UNESCO site 430
  • UK Hadrian's Wall in England – part of UNESCO site 430
  • Turkey Long Wall (Thracian Chersonese)
  • UK Offa's Dyke between Mercia (England) and Powys (Wales)
  • Ukraine Serpent's Wall, the ancient walls in Ukraine
  • UK 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
  • UK Wat's Dyke parallel, for part of the distance, to Offa's Dyke, England:Wales.

Modern defensive walls or border barriers

graffiti art]] on the [[Berlin Wall]] in 1986. The wall's &quot;death strip&quot;, on the east side of the wall, here follows the curve of the [[Luisenstadt Canal]] (filled in 1932).
  • Vichy France Nazi Germany Atlantic Wall in Nazi-occupied France
  • West Berlin East Germany Berlin Wall in Berlin separating West Berlin from East Germany 1961–1989 (in concrete: 1975–1989)
  • India Inland Customs Line 2,500 miles (4,000 km) built 1843 onward in British India
  • IndiaPakistan India–Pakistan barrier
  • IndiaBangladesh Bangladesh–India border
  • IsraelWest Bank Sections of the Israeli West Bank barrier, West Bank
  • IsraelLebanon Sections of the Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel
  • UK Belfast Peace Lines in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
  • North KoreaSouth Korea Korean Wall (alleged by DPRK), Korean Demilitarized Zone
  • CeutaMorocco Ceuta border fence, in Ceuta, Autonomous city of Spain
  • MelillaMorocco Melilla border fence in Melilla, Autonomous city of Spain
  • MexicoUSA US-Mexico Border, including the Tortilla Wall
  • Hong KongChina Frontier Closed Area along Hong Kong-China border
  • HungarySerbia Hungary-Serbia Barrier
  • 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
  • Sahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicMorocco Moroccan Western Sahara Wall

Memorial walls

  • France Communards' Wall in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, in Paris, France
  • China Democracy Wall, in Beijing (1978–1979)
  • Czech Republic Lennon Wall in Prague
  • USA Vietnam Veterans Memorial, often called the Wall, in Washington, D.C.
  • USA Pine Grove Cemetery, second-longest contiguous stone wall in the world, in Lynn, Massachusetts
  • HK Lennon Wall in Hong Kong

Walls in contemporary art and sports

  • 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.

References

References

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  3. "Great Wall of Jin Dynasty (1115–1234): History, Structure, Relics".
  4. Chaichian, Mohammad A.. (2015-03-03). "Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination". Haymarket Books.
  5. "Secrets of the Red Snake - The great wall of Iran revealed".
  6. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Frontiers of the Roman Empire".
  7. Chaichian, Mohammad A.. (2015-03-03). "Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination". Haymarket Books.
  8. Chaichian, Mohammad A.. (2015-03-03). "Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination". Haymarket Books.
  9. Chaichian, Mohammad A.. (2015-03-03). "Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination". Haymarket Books.
  10. Ilan Ben Zion. (September 6, 2018). "Israeli wall rising near border with Lebanon stokes tensions". AP News.
  11. Jon Herskovitz. (December 31, 2007). "North Korea asks South to tear down imaginary wall". Reuters.
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  13. (2022-06-30). "Poland completes 186-kilometre border wall with Belarus".
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