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- Pre-modern fortifications
- Modern walls Walls in use today
- Walls in contemporary music, art, and sports
- See also
- References
- External links
{{Multiple issues|{{synthesis|date=January 2015}}{{refimprove|date=January 2015}} }}See List of fortifications for a list of notable fortified structures. For city walls in particular, see List of cities with defensive walls (regional list: List of town walls in England and Wales). Pre-modern fortifications- {{flagicon|China}} The Great Wall of China, China - part of UNESCO site 438,[2]. This is mostly referred to the Ming Great Wall, built from 1368 to 1644, measures 8,850 km long.
- {{flagicon|China}} Great Wall of Qi, the oldest of the Chinese Great Walls.
- {{flagicon|China}} Great Wall of Qin dynasty
- {{flagicon|China}} Great Wall of Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), the longest Great Wall in history.
- {{flagicon|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]
- {{flagicon|China}}{{flagicon|Mongolia}} Great Wall of the Khitan Liao dynasty
- {{flagicon|Turkey}} Anastasian Wall in Turkey
- {{flagicon|UK}} Antonine Wall in Scotland, United Kingdom - part of UNESCO site 430[4]
- {{flagicon|Italy}} Aurelian Walls of Rome
- {{flagicon|Croatia}} Walls of Ston in Croatia
- {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Ranikot Fort, Also called 'The Great Wall of Pakistan', second largest wall of South Asia after Kumbhalgarh fort in India
- {{flagicon|North Korea}}{{flagicon|China}} Cheolli Jangseong, North Korea and China
- {{flagicon|Germany}} Danevirke, Germany
- {{flagicon|Algeria}}{{flagicon|Tunisia}} Fossatum Africae
- {{flagicon|Germany}} Roman limes in Upper Germania, Lower Germania and Rhaetia, Germany - part of UNESCO site 430[4]
- {{flagicon|Iran}} Great Wall of Gorgan in Iran, (World's second longest wall[5])
- {{flagicon|UK}} Hadrian's Wall in England - part of UNESCO site 430[4]
- {{flagicon|India}} Walls of Kumbhalgarh in Rajasthan, India
- {{flagicon|Turkey}} Long Wall (Thracian Chersonese)
- {{flagicon|UK}} Offa's Dyke between Mercia (England) and Powys (Wales)
- {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Serpent's Wall, the ancient walls in Ukraine
- {{flagicon|UK}} Wall of Severus, between Roman Britain and [not recorded]
- {{flagicon|Poland}} Silesia Walls, Poland
- {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Sungbo's Eredo, built during 800–1000 AD in Ijebu Ode in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria
- {{flagicon|Mexico}} Great Wall of Tlaxcala, mentioned in the history of Bernal Díaz del Castillo
- {{flagicon|Romania}} Trajan's Wall, in Dobruja, Romania
- {{flagicon|Romania}} Athanaric's Wall, Romania
- {{flagicon|UK}} Wat's Dyke parallel, for part of the distance, to Offa's Dyke, England:Wales.
- {{flagicon|Vietnam}} Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi in Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam.
Modern walls- {{flagicon|France}} Atlantic Wall in France
- {{flagicon|Germany|}} Berlin Wall in Germany 1961–1989 (in concrete: 1975–1989)
- {{flagicon|France}} Communards' Wall in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, in Paris, France
- {{flagicon|China}} Democracy Wall, in Beijing (1978–1979)
- {{flagicon|India}} Inland Customs Line 2,500 miles (4,000 km) built 1843 onward in British India
- {{flagicon|Peru}} Lima City Walls in Lima, Peru
- {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Lennon Wall in Prague
- {{flagicon|USA}} Pine Grove Cemetery, second-longest contiguous stone wall in the world, in Lynn, Massachusetts
- {{flagicon|USA}} The Seawall in Portland, Oregon
- {{flagicon|USA}} Vietnam Veterans Memorial, often called the Wall
- {{flagicon|Italy}} Via Anelli Wall in Padua, Italy
Walls in use today- {{flagicon|India}}{{flagicon|Pakistan}} Indian Line of Control fencing
- {{flagicon|India}}{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} Bangladesh–India border
- {{flagicon|Israel}}{{flagicon|West Bank}} Sections of the Israeli West Bank barrier, West Bank
- {{flagicon|UK}} Belfast Peace Lines in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- {{flagicon|North Korea}}{{flagicon|South Korea}} Korean Wall (alleged by DPRK), Korean Demilitarized Zone[6]
- {{flagicon|Ceuta}}{{flagicon|Morocco}} Ceuta border fence, in Ceuta, Autonomous city of Spain
- {{flagicon|Melilla}}{{flagicon|Morocco}} Melilla border fence in Melilla, Autonomous city of Spain
- {{flagicon|Mexico}}{{flagicon|USA}} US-Mexico Border
- {{flagicon|China}} Frontier Closed Area along Hong Kong-China border
- {{flagicon|Hungary}}{{flagicon|Serbia}} Hungary-Serbia barrier
- {{flagicon|Turkey}}{{flagicon|Syria}} Turkey-Syria barrier
Walls in contemporary music, 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.
See also- Gum Wall
- Separation barrier
- List of cities with defensive walls
- List of town walls in England and Wales
- List of fortifications
- Great Wall (astronomy)
- List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls
References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.citywallsdubrovnik.hr/hr-stonske.htm | work=Citywallsdubrovnik.hr | publisher=Društvo prijatelja dubrovačke starine | title=Stonske zidine | language=Croatian | accessdate=2009-12-06 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531171317/http://www.citywallsdubrovnik.hr/hr-stonske.htm | archivedate=2010-05-31 | df= }} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/438|title=The Great Wall|author=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|publisher=|accessdate=6 December 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/history/jin/|author=|publisher=|accessdate=4 January 2017}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/430|title=Frontiers of the Roman Empire|author=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|publisher=|accessdate=6 December 2014}} 5. ^http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/staff/academic/esauer/pubs/iranian_walls.pdf 6. ^{{Cite web | title = North Korea asks South to tear down imaginary wall | author = Jon Herskovitz | work = Reuters | date = December 31, 2007 | accessdate = 2015-10-09 | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/2007/12/31/us-korea-north-wall-idUSSEO20068620071231}}
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