EAPP - The Famous and Infamous Walls of the World

Constructed to limit people's movement across a certain line.

• Wall

• Stone

• Building

• Architecture

Former megacity lies in ruins. Those ruins are, however, surrounded by towering walls.

• The Berlin Wall, Germany

• Great Zimbabwe Walls, Zimbabwe

• Wall of Ston, Croatia

• Western Wall, Jerusalem

Less famous than Hadrian's Wall.

Was another massive frontier erected by the Romans. Dating back to AD142, the fortification was commissioned by the emperor, Antoninus Pius, Hadrian’s successor, and was built largely of turf and wood.

• The Berlin Wall, Germany

• Great Zimbabwe Walls, Zimbabwe

• The Great Wall of China, China

• Antonine Wall, Scotland

The most famous wall of all, this gargantuan structure is also perhaps the most beautiful. It clocks in at 13, 171 miles long.

• Great Zimbabwe Walls

• Hadrian's Wall

• Great Wall of China

• Sacsayhuaman

This ancient limestone barricade once formed part of an important Jewish temple. The holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray.

• Western Wall, Jerusalem

• Hadrian’s Wall, England

• Wall of Babylon, Iraq

• Wall of Ston, Croatia

The most famous wall of all, this gargantuan structure is also perhaps the most beautiful. It clocks in at 13, 171 miles long,

• Great Zimbabwe Walls

• Hadrian's Wall

• Great Wall of China

• Sacsayhuaman

Was once the capital of the Inca Empire and comprised a series of walls, which, legend has it, were laid out to look like a puma’s snarling teeth.

• The Berlin Wall, Germany

• Wall of Ston, Croatia

• Walls of Troy, Turkey

• Sacsayhuaman, Peru

The second longest wall in Europe after Hadrian’s. Constructed to protect Dubrovnik and its nearby salt pans.

• Western Wall, Jerusalem

• Sacsayhuaman, Peru

• Walls of Troy, Turkey

• Wall of Ston, Croatia

73-mile long wall, which dates back to AD122, remains the world’s largest Roman artefact. The crumbling remains are often cloaked in fog, and also mystery.

• Antonine Wall, Scotland

• Hadrian’s Wall, England

• Wall of Babylon, Iraq

• Sacsayhuaman, Peru

Was a major city in ancient Mesopotamia and was famously protected from invading armies by its eponymous walls, which were long considered to be impenetrable. Made of blue glazed tiles and featuring bas-relief dragons the walls have been ravaged by conflict, neglect and plundering over the years.

• Wall of Babylon, Iraq

• The Great Wall of China, China

• Western Wall, Jerusalem

• Walls of Troy, Turkey