List of walls

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

Part of the southern section of the Chester city walls showing the base of a former drum tower and the River Dee
The Roman walls of Lugo are a UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Walls of Ston are a series of defensive stone walls, originally more than 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long, that surrounded and protected the city of Ston, in Dalmatia, part of the Republic of Ragusa, in what is now southern Croatia.

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Modern defensive walls or border barriers

View from the West Berlin side of graffiti art on the Berlin Wall in 1986. The wall's "death strip", on the east side of the wall, here follows the curve of the Luisenstadt Canal (filled in 1932).

Memorial walls

Walls in contemporary art and sports

See also


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