This wall stood firm in the city of Berlin for 28 years, as a reminder of the terrible events during the Cold War. This wall is as if the real shape of the "Iron Curtain". This wall is a standing start in 1921 until 1989 ended with the destruction of this wall as a concrete action from the end of the Cold War. November 2009 This is a celebration of 20 years end rule "firmly" this dividing wall.
9. The Kremlin Wall – Moscow
Red brick walls of this one even had stood for 700 years. The length of the wall has reached 1.4 mil 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 the mausoleum where the dwelling remains the highest Russian leaders like Stalin and Brezhnev.
8. The West Wall – Jerusalem
The wall which is also known as the Wailing Wall, have a variety of unique history. Wall, known as al-Buraq this is the place where the 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 Skull. The history of this wall is creepy, in the Mayan era in power, the skulls of victims of ritual placed inside these walls. The wall itself is decorated with reliefs of the skull and also various images of the rituals that exist at that time.
6. The Hadrian Wall – England
This wall was built in the second century as the Roman emperor at the time, Hadrian, was tired of fighting. The wall was built stretching from the North Sea to the Irish Sea and at the time, the wall was the boundary of the Roman Empire.
5. Medinet Habu – Egypt
Wall, known as Medinet Habu is the last standing wall of the Temple Resort Ramsses III. This wall was built in the 12th century BC. These high walls reach 60 feet (nearly 18 meters) and 75,000 square feet filled with decorations and reliefs history
4. The Big Wall- China
Construction of this wall began in 221 BC and continues to grow to 17 Century. Wall of newly found "fault" that had been hidden was finally 4000 miles in length. Most of the wall was once used by the athletes during the Olympic cycling Summer 2008.
3. Santa Maria delle Grazie – Italy
Maybe you never heard of him. But you must know about the painting "Last Supper" by Leonardo Da Vinci. Wall paintings (murals) Leonardo made was made in this wall. The painting "Last Supper" was completed in 1498. Although most of the walls of the monastery was destroyed in 1943, but this one wall completely untouched!
2. The Green Monster – Boston
The sport lovers will not forget the wall as high as 37 feet (10 meters), called the Green Monster at Fenway Park, Boston. The wall that had destroyed in 1934 due to fire, re-built and continuously updated. This wall is now built with hard plastic coated with a decorated old-fashioned scoreboard, as memories of the past,
1. Memorial Wall Veteran Vietnam, Washington, AS
The walls of this one was not the oldest wall, but at least this wall is always visited by many people every year. This wall was completed in 1982 and achieved more than 58,000 American soldiers who died or disappeared during operations in Vietnam in 1959 until 1975. Some of the wall fun, others fascinating, even making us wonder, but at least, whatever you feel when you visit this wall, at least the visit will not be forgotten just like that.
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