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10 World Famous Walls

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10 World Famous Walls
Walls have been built since ancient times, to mark borders, to keep enemies out or to keep people in. In more recent times walls have also been built to serve as memorials and structures of art. But no matter what purpose they surve, walls dominate the landscape wherever they stand.
10. Wall of Ston, Croatia
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5.5 kilometer (3.5 mile), completed in the 15th century with its 40 towers and 5 fortresses
9. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, United States
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National war memorial in Washington, D.C., engraved with the 58,256 names of each soldier
8. Walls of Troy, Turkey
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According to Iliad, this is where the Trojan War took place (dated to the mid- to late-13th century BC)
7. Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom

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built by the Romans in 122 AD, 117 kilometers (73 miles) across the north of England from the Irish Sea to the North Sea
6. Berlin Wall, Germany
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Construction began in 1961 by East Germany to stop East Berliners escaping from the Soviet-controlled East German state
into the West of the city, which was then occupied by the Americans, British and French.
5. Great Zimbabwe Walls, Zimbabwe
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Construction started in the 11th century and continued for over 300 years, high 11 meters (36 ft) extending approximately 250 meter (820 ft)
4. Sacsayhuamán, Peru

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Inca walled complex high above the city of Cusco, the largest is 8.5 meter high (28 ft) and weights about 140 metric tons.
The wall is built in such a way that a single piece of paper will not fit between many of the stones
(This precision is thought to have helped the ruins survive the devastating earthquakes in Cuzco)
3. Walls of Babylon, Iraq

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City-state of ancient Mesopotamia, constructed around 575 BC, part of the famous Walls of Babylon
2. Western Wall, Israel
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Located in the Old City of Jerusalem, constructed around 19 BC by Herod the Great
1. Great Wall of China, China
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Built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire from the attacks of nomadic tribes from the north 8,851.8 kilometers (5,500.3 miles)
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