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[[File:The Great Wall of China at Jinshanling.jpg|thumb|275px|The [[Great Wall of China]] is the world's longest wall]]

See [[List of fortifications]] for a list of notable fortified structures. 
For [[city wall]]s in particular, see [[List of cities with defensive walls]].

==Pre-modern fortifications==
[[File:Chester's City Walls - Bridgegate to Eastgate ^2 - geograph.org.uk - 372176.jpg|thumb|Part of the southern section of the [[Chester city walls]] showing the base of a former drum tower and the [[River Dee, Wales|River Dee]]]]
[[File:Muralla romana de Lugo.JPG|thumb|The [[Roman walls of Lugo]] are a [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]]]]
[[File:STON00167.JPG|thumb|The [[Walls of Ston]] are a series of [[defensive wall|defensive stone walls]], originally more than {{convert|7|km}} long, that surrounded and protected the city of [[Ston]], in [[Dalmatia]], part of the [[Republic of Ragusa]], in what is now southern [[Croatia]].<ref name=citywallsdubrovnik>{{cite web | url=http://www.citywallsdubrovnik.hr/hr-stonske.htm | work=Citywallsdubrovnik.hr | publisher=Društvo prijatelja dubrovačke starine | title=Stonske zidine | language=Croatian | accessdate=2009-12-06 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531171317/http://www.citywallsdubrovnik.hr/hr-stonske.htm | archivedate=2010-05-31 }}</ref>]]
===Africa===
* {{flagicon|Algeria}}{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Fossatum Africae]]
* {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Sungbo's Eredo]], built during 800–1000 AD in [[Ijebu Ode]] in [[Ogun State]], southwest [[Nigeria]]
===Americas===
* {{flagicon|Mexico}} Great Wall of [[Tlaxcala]], mentioned in the history of [[Bernal Díaz del Castillo]]
* {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Walls of Old San Juan]], [[Puerto Rico]]

===Asia===
* {{flagicon|China}} [[Great Wall of China]], China – part of UNESCO site 438.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/438|title=The Great Wall|author=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|publisher=|accessdate=6 December 2014}}</ref> This is mostly used to refer to the [[Ming Great Wall]], built from 1368 to 1644, measures 8,850&nbsp;km long.
* {{flagicon|China}} [[Great Wall of Qi]], the oldest of the Chinese Great Walls. 
* {{flagicon|China}} Great Wall of [[Yan (state)]] 
* {{flagicon|China}} Great Wall of [[Zhongshan (state)]] 
* {{flagicon|China}} Great Wall of [[Zhao (state)]]  
* {{flagicon|China}} Great Wall of [[Qin dynasty]] 
* {{flagicon|China}} Great Wall of [[Han dynasty]] (206 BC–220 AD), the longest Great Wall in history. 
* {{flagicon|China}} Great Wall of [[Northern Wei]] dynasty 
* {{flagicon|China}} Great Wall of [[Northern Qi]] dynasty 
* {{flagicon|China}} Great Wall of the Jurchen [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin Dynasty]] (1115–1234), built to defend against northern nomadic tribes, once spanning over 2,500 kilometers long.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/history/jin/|author=|title=Great Wall of Jin Dynasty (1115–1234): History, Structure, Relics|publisher=|accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|China}}{{flagicon|Mongolia}} Great Wall of [[Western Xia]] 
* {{flagicon|China}}{{flagicon|Mongolia}} Great Wall of the Khitan [[Liao dynasty]]
* {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Ranikot Fort]], Also called 'The Great Wall of Pakistan', second largest wall of South Asia after Kumbhalgarh fort in India
* {{flagicon|North Korea}}{{flagicon|China}} [[Cheolli Jangseong]], [[North Korea]] and China
* {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Great Wall of Gorgan]] in [[Iran]], (World's second longest wall)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chaichian |first=Mohammad A. |url=https://www.amazon.com/Empires-Walls-Globalization-Migration-Domination/dp/1608464229 |title=Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination |date=2015-03-03 |publisher=Haymarket Books |isbn=978-1-60846-422-7 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Secrets of the Red Snake - The great wall of Iran revealed |url=http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/staff/academic/esauer/pubs/iranian_walls.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306075754/http://www.shca.ed.ac.uk/staff/supporting_files/esauer/iranian_walls.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-06 |access-date=2024-06-22 |magazine=Current World Archeology |issue=27}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi]] in [[Quảng Ngãi]], [[Vietnam]].
* {{flagicon|India}} [[Kumbhalgarh]], in [[Rajasthan]], India
* {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Smbat Walls]]
* [[Sasanian defense lines]]

===Europe===
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Walls of Constantinople]] in Turkey
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Anastasian Wall]] in Turkey
* {{flagicon|UK}} [[Antonine Wall]] in [[Scotland]], United Kingdom – part of UNESCO site 430<ref name="UNESCO World Heritage Centre">{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/430|title=Frontiers of the Roman Empire|author=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|publisher=|accessdate=6 December 2014}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Aurelian Walls]] of Rome
* {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Walls of Ston]] in [[Croatia]]
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Danevirke]], Germany
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germanic Limes|Roman ''limes'' in Upper Germania, Lower Germania and Rhaetia]], Germany – part of UNESCO site 430<ref name="UNESCO World Heritage Centre"/>
* {{flagicon|UK}} [[Hadrian's Wall]] in England – part of UNESCO site 430<ref name="UNESCO World Heritage Centre"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Chaichian |first=Mohammad A. |url=https://www.amazon.com/Empires-Walls-Globalization-Migration-Domination/dp/1608464229 |title=Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination |date=2015-03-03 |publisher=Haymarket Books |isbn=978-1-60846-422-7 |language=English}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Long Wall (Thracian Chersonese)]]
* {{flagicon|UK}} [[Offa's Dyke]] between [[Mercia]] (England) and [[Powys]] (Wales)
* {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Serpent's Wall]], the ancient walls in [[Ukraine]]
* {{flagicon|UK}} [[Wall of Severus]], between Roman Britain and [not recorded]
* {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Silesia Walls]], [[Poland]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Trajan's Wall]], in [[Dobruja]], [[Romania]]
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Athanaric's Wall]], Romania
* {{flagicon|UK}} [[Wat's Dyke]] parallel, for part of the distance, to [[Offa's Dyke]], England:Wales.

==Modern defensive walls or border barriers==
[[File:Berlinermauer.jpg|thumb|View from the West Berlin side of [[Berlin wall graffiti art|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).]]
* {{flagicon|Vichy France}} {{Flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Atlantic Wall]] in [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|Nazi-occupied France]]
* {{flagicon|West Berlin|}} {{Flagicon|East Germany}} [[Berlin Wall]] in [[Berlin]] separating [[West Berlin]] from [[East Germany]] 1961&ndash;1989 (in concrete: 1975&ndash;1989)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chaichian |first=Mohammad A. |url=https://www.amazon.com/Empires-Walls-Globalization-Migration-Domination/dp/1608464229 |title=Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination |date=2015-03-03 |publisher=Haymarket Books |isbn=978-1-60846-422-7 |language=English}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|India}} [[Inland Customs Line]] 2,500 miles (4,000&nbsp;km) built 1843 onward in [[British India]] 
* {{flagicon|India}}{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[India–Pakistan barrier]]
* {{flagicon|India}}{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Bangladesh–India border]] 
* {{flagicon|Israel}}{{flagicon|West Bank}} Sections of the [[Israeli West Bank barrier]], [[West Bank]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chaichian |first=Mohammad A. |url=https://www.amazon.com/Empires-Walls-Globalization-Migration-Domination/dp/1608464229 |title=Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination |date=2015-03-03 |publisher=Haymarket Books |isbn=978-1-60846-422-7 |language=English}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Israel}}{{flagicon|Lebanon}} Sections of the [[Blue Line (border)|Blue Line]] between [[Lebanon]] and [[Israel]]<ref>{{Cite web | author = Ilan Ben Zion | work = AP News |url = https://apnews.com/article/2600a66acb394520b7713fc6cd3a0da7 | title = Israeli wall rising near border with Lebanon stokes tensions | date = September 6, 2018 | accessdate = 2022-12-07}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|UK}} [[Belfast Peace Lines]] in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]], UK 
* {{flagicon|North Korea}}{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Korean Wall]] (alleged by [[DPRK]]), [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]]<ref name="reut_Nort">{{Cite web | title = North Korea asks South to tear down imaginary wall | author = Jon Herskovitz | work = Reuters | date = December 31, 2007 | accessdate = 2015-10-09 | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-wall-idUSSEO20068620071231}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Ceuta}}{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Ceuta border fence]], in [[Ceuta]], Autonomous city of Spain
* {{flagicon|Melilla}}{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Melilla border fence]] in [[Melilla]], Autonomous city of Spain
* {{flagicon|Mexico}}{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States-Mexico barrier|US-Mexico Border]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chaichian |first=Mohammad A. |url=https://www.amazon.com/Empires-Walls-Globalization-Migration-Domination/dp/1608464229 |title=Empires and Walls: Globalization, Migration, and Colonial Domination |date=2015-03-03 |publisher=Haymarket Books |isbn=978-1-60846-422-7 |language=English}}</ref> including the [[Tortilla Wall]] 
* {{flagicon|Hong Kong}}{{flagicon|China}} [[Frontier Closed Area]] along [[Hong Kong]]-China border
* {{flagicon|Hungary}}{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Hungary-Serbia barrier|Hungary-Serbia Barrier]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}}{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Turkey-Syria barrier|Turkey-Syria Barrier]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}}{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Turkey-Iran barrier|Turkey-Iran Barrier]]
* {{flagicon|Slovenia}}{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Slovenian border barrier|Slovenian border Barrier]]
* {{flagicon|Pakistan}}{{flagicon|Afghanistan}} [[Pakistan–Afghanistan barrier]]
* {{flagicon|Myanmar}}{{flagicon|Bangladesh}}  [[Bangladesh–Myanmar border|Myanmar-Bangladesh Border Fence]]
*{{Flagicon|Myanmar}}{{Flagicon|India}}  [[India–Myanmar barrier|India–Myanmar Barrier]]
* {{flagicon|Morocco}}{{flagicon|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}} [[Moroccan Western Sahara Wall]], in [[Western Sahara]]
* {{flagicon|Poland}}{{flagicon|Belarus}} [[Poland–Belarus barrier]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-30 |title=Poland completes 186-kilometre border wall with Belarus |url=https://www.euronews.com/2022/06/30/poland-completes-186-kilometre-border-wall-with-belarus-after-migration-dispute |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=euronews |language=en}}</ref>

==Memorial walls==
* {{flagicon|France}} [[Communards' Wall]] in the [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]], in [[Paris]], France
* {{flagicon|China}} [[Democracy Wall Movement|Democracy Wall]], in [[Beijing]] (1978–1979)
* {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Lennon Wall]] in [[Prague]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]], often called the Wall, in [[Washington, D.C.]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pine Grove Cemetery (Lynn, Massachusetts)|Pine Grove Cemetery]], second-longest contiguous stone wall in the world, in [[Lynn, Massachusetts]]
* {{flagicon|HK}} [[Lennon Wall (Hong Kong)|Lennon Wall]] in [[Hong Kong]]

==Walls in contemporary art and sports==
* [[Die Gelbe Wand]], [[Westfalenstadion]] in [[Dortmund]]
* [[Green Monster]], [[Fenway Park]], [[Boston]]
* [[Tsoi Wall]] in [[Arbat Street]], Moscow
* [[The Wall (SoHo)|The Wall]] in [[SoHo]], New York City
* [[The Wall#Concert and filmed versions|The Wall In Concert]] (theatrical) – While based on a figment of a main character's imagination, the concerts in the tour for the [[Pink Floyd]] album [[The Wall]] featured a real wall of giant cardboard bricks between the band and the audience which was constructed, completed, spoliated and finally destroyed during the course of each show.

==See also==
* [[Gum Wall]]
* [[Separation barrier]]
* [[List of cities with defensive walls]]
* [[List of town walls in England and Wales]]
* [[List of fortifications]]
* [[Great Wall (astronomy)]]
* [[List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls]]

==References==
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