Walls built from ancient times to the present have many different meanings such as protecting borders, being memorials or being an architectural work of art...
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| The Great Wall of China is a famous wall of China that was continuously built of earth and stone from the 5th century BC to the 16th century, to protect the Chinese Empire from invasion. Today, it is an attractive tourist destination. |
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| The Walls of Ston, located on the Peljesac Peninsula in southern Croatia, are known as the “Great Wall” of Europe. The wall is the second longest fortification in Europe (originally measuring over 7km), after Hadrian's Wall connecting Scotland and England. |
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| Hadrian's Wall is a giant screen that runs along the cliff tops of the northern coast of England, about 120km long, 4.5m high and 3m wide. |
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| The Vietnam War Memorial, located in the National War Memorial in downtown Washington DC, USA, commemorates American soldiers who died in the wars in Vietnam. |
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| The Berlin Wall separated East and West Germany for 27 years. It was the most famous symbol of the Cold War between the two sides of Germany, and it took the lives of nearly 200 people as they tried to cross the wall. |
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| The Sacsayhuaman Walls are one of the most amazing Inca ruins located on the northern outskirts of the ancient city of Cusco (Peru), the former capital of the Inca Empire. |
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| For Jews around the world, their holiest site is the Wailing Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem (Israel). |
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| Walls of Troy, Türkiye. Before the 19th century, people only knew about Troy and its fate through epic works. It was not until the 1970s that archaeologist Schliemann excavated a hill downstream of the Scamandre River and discovered the ruins of Troy with 6 cities stacked on top of each other. Then in 1900, people discovered 3 more cities deeper down. |
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| The famous Gum Wall in the Pike Place Fish Market area of Seattle, Washington (USA) was created in the 1990s, when people chewed gum and smeared it on the wall while waiting to enter the nearby movie theater. This is considered one of the most germ-infested tourist attractions in the world. |
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| The Great Wall of Zimbabwe is a complex of ruins spread over a large area in the country of Zimbabwe, southern Africa. The wall was built in the 11th century and took more than 300 years to complete. |
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| The Walls of Constantinople were a series of defensive stone walls that surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople (now Istanbul in Türkiye) from its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great. |
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| Israel's West Bank barrier is a 110km-long electrified fence, built since 2002 to prevent Palestinian suicide bombers from entering Israel. |
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