This wall stood firm in the city of Berlin for 28 years, as a reminder of the horrors during the Cold War. This wall is as if the real shape of the "Iron Curtain". This wall standing start in 1921 until 1989 that ended with the destruction of this wall as the concrete actions of the Cold War ended. November 2009 is a celebration of 20 years end of the rule "strong" this dividing wall.
9. Walls of the Kremlin - Moscow
Red brick walls of this one actually has stood for 700 years. The length of this wall at 1.4 miles and around Red Square. There are four gates of the medieval era are still standing strong with 20 towers along the wall. Inside this wall there is a mausoleum where the body dwells the highest Russian leaders such as Stalin and Brezhnev.
8. Western Wall - Jerusalem
Wall also known as the Wailing Wall, has a variety of unique history. Wall known as al-Buraq, this is the place where Prophet Muhammad maintains his own horses.While the Jewish people assume that this wall is the wall to lament the destruction of the Jewish Synagogue.
7. Tzompantli - Mexico
In the ruins of Chichen Itza, you will find a wall Tzompantli, or Wall of Skulls. The history of this wall is creepy, in an age of Mayan ruling, the skulls of victims of ritual placed in this wall. The wall itself is decorated with reliefs of the skull and also various images of the rituals that existed at that time.
6. Hadrian's Wall - England
This wall was built in the second century as the Roman emperor at the time, Hadrian, was tired of fighting. The wall that was built stretching from the North Sea to the Irish Sea and at the moment, the wall is a boundary of the Roman Empire.
5. Medinet Habu - Egypt
Wall known as Medinet Habu, the last wall standing of Ramsses III mortuary temple.This wall was built in the 12th century BC. These high walls reaching 60 feet (nearly 18 meters) and 75,000 square feet filled with relief decoration and historical
4. -Great Wall of China
Construction of this wall began in 221 BC and continued to grow until the 17th Century. Wall of the newly discovered "fault" that had been hidden was finally has a length of 4,000 miles. Most of this wall has been used by athletes during the Olympic cycling summer of 2008.
3. Santa Maria delle Grazie - Italian
Maybe you never heard of him. But you must know about the painting "Last Dinner" by Leonardo Da Vinci. Wall paintings (murals) Leonardo made was made in this wall. Painting "Last Dinner" was completed in 1498. Although most of the walls of the monastery was destroyed in 1943, but the wall on this one totally untouched!
2. Green Monster - Boston
The sport lovers will not forget the wall as high as 37 feet (10 meters) which is called the Green Monster at Fenway Park, Boston. The wall that once destroyed by fire in 1934, re-built and kept up to date. This wall is now built with a hard plastic coated decorated with old-fashioned scoreboard, as memories of the past,
1. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Washington, USA
Walls of this one was not the oldest wall, but at least the wall is always visited by many people every year. This wall was completed in 1982 and inscribed more than 58,000 American soldiers who died or disappeared during operations in Vietnam in 1959 until 1975. Some nice walls, some of the other fascinating, even makes us wonder, but at least, whatever you feel when visiting this wall, at least the visit will not be forgotten just like that.
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