Originally the walls - in this top 10 list - protect the inhabitants of a city or country from enemies. Nowadays pull the walls, or what is left, right people. Tourists will not forget a walk on these famous walls.
A list of the 10 most famous walls in the world
Gumball Wall - Seattle
In an alley in Seattle you will find the "Market Theater Gum Wall" a wall full of chewing gum. In some places, it is 4.5 meters high! The wall is located at the Market Theater and the tradition of chewing gum to stick the walls began in 1993. Supporters of "Unexpected Productions" an improvisation group acting in the theater began coins to stick on the wall with chewing gum.
There has tried twice to clean the wall, but then they left it at that. A scene from the movie Love Happens is included for the wall with Jennifer Aniston. At the end of 2015, the whole wall was cleaned because the bricks were damaged. but since there are already many chewing gums stuck.
Walls of Babylon - Iraq
Babylon was the capital of the Babylonia region. At this location, we find the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Back to the period when Babylon developed into a major trading center. Around 1800 BC left Sumu-abum, leader of the Semitic tribe of the Amorites, built a wall around the city. Eventually, his successor was able to complete the structure. A century later plucked the then leader of the fruits of the walls of Babylon: he knew best to exploit the city's strategic position.
Wall of Ston - Croatia
Have you ever heard of the European Great Wall of China? This designation refers to the walls of Ston. This wall, complete with 40 watchtowers, was built in the 15th century. On the inside of the wall, six main roads were built. And surrounding houses were built again. Anno 2016 there are approximately 5.5 kilometers on this wall. The remnants form a connection between Ston and Mali Ston. Many materials that were in the original wall, were taken by the Austrians. They are used inter alia for the construction of schools.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial - USA
In 1982, all Americans were glued to the tube. When it was revealed namely the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. As you can deduce this monument is intended the name as a tribute to the fallen American soldiers. There are about 58,000 names engraved on the wall.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial - designed by architect Maya Lin - consists of three parts: a wall, a statue, and a special memorial to female veterans. What still is sometimes forgotten is that there are too many nurses were sent to Vietnam. This memorial is located in Washington DC near the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
Wall of Sacsayhuaman - Peru
When the Spaniards arrived in the Peruvian city of Cuzco, they did not believe that the local population was able to build such a wall. That must have been the work of evil spirits! Sacsayhuamán - as this location is called - is the epitome of architectural precision.
The builders of the stone showed a perfect match. A tool, in order to achieve this, is not to let in the exact center of overlying rocks come out the sides of underlying bricks. Why do they come so proceed? To protect their fortresses and cities against earthquakes. Which were common in this part of Peru.
Hadrian's Wall - UK
In the period from 117 to 138 Emperor Hadrian ruled the Roman Empire. When he visited the current UK - and saw that his kingdom was to be there better protected against attacks from hostile tribes - he went on to build a 117-kilometer-long wall.
For this, they used a combination of stone and turf. At fixed distances forts were built: 14 large and 80 small forts. In total, the construction lasted about six years. Hadrian's Wall was served until the end of the fourth century. Fortunately, it is a large piece of preserved the middle portion. This is a beautiful trail.
Israeli West Bank barrier
The Israeli West Bank barrier and Israel's Wall is a largely built construction of almost 10 meters high concrete walls, towers and control gates/checkpoints, roads, fences, barbed wire and trenches, approximately 620-760 km by Israel planned and in 2015 long in the green line (the armistice line of 1949 with Jordan) to the West Bank in Palestine, sometimes through Palestinian villages and communities back and deeper in the Palestinian land. The name of the barrier itself is the subject of discussion.
Israel, his international supporters and other proponents of the construction of the barrier, to use the term separation barrier and safety fence to indicate the barrier. Palestinians, international and other opponents of the construction of the barrier (especially the EU countries, South American countries, Asian countries, African countries and countries in the Middle East), speak of "apartheid wall". The media also uses the term Israeli wall or partition wall. (Source: wikipedia)
Western Wall - Israel
The Western Wall - Western Wall or Wailing Wall - built in the era before Christ. This wall was part of the Jewish Temple, which was located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. When the Romans conquered the area about the year 70, they have completely destroyed the temple. There is only preserved a piece of the Western Wall. Despite the political and religious threat in this area, many people visit this wall. They do a prayer. And stabbing a note between the joints of the Western Wall.
Berlin Wall - Germany
Although the threat already hung briefly in the air - residents of the former GDR who wanted to live in the west, were hampered - the construction of the Berlin Wall came as a surprise. On the night of 12 on August 13, 1961 gave Walter Ulbricht ordered the construction of this wall.
A few weeks later there was a heavily guarded concrete wall around the western part of Berlin . This construction was 45.1 kilometers long. Seven locations were crossing points. Despite the strict controls many people ventured a climb to the other side. Here are 138 people slain. In 1989, it was announced the fall of the Berlin Wall two years later the wall was virtually demolished.
Great Wall of China - China
As long as there is the Chinese government, the people have put a lot of energy into defenses. Of these, the Great Wall is the most famous example. The current wall - with a length of over 6,000 kilometers - was built in the period 1368 to 1644. It was during the Ming Dynasty. Incidentally, the structure is longer than the stated number of kilometers if you are the natural barriers such as mountains, hills and rivers to add up, then you end up with a total length of 8,850 kilometers.
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