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See List of fortifications for a list of notable fortified structures. For city walls in particular, see List of cities with defensive walls.
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Pre-modern fortifications

Africa
Fossatum Africae
Sungbo's Eredo, built during 800–1000 AD in Ijebu Ode in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria
Americas
Great Wall of Tlaxcala, mentioned in the history of Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Walls of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Asia
Great Wall of China, China – part of UNESCO site 438.[2] This is mostly used to refer to the Ming Great Wall, built from 1368 to 1644, measures 8,850 km long.
Great Wall of Qi, the oldest of the Chinese Great Walls.
Great Wall of Yan (state)
Great Wall of Zhongshan (state)
Great Wall of Zhao (state)
Great Wall of Qin dynasty
Great Wall of Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), the longest Great Wall in history.
Great Wall of Northern Wei dynasty
Great Wall of Northern Qi dynasty
Great Wall of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115–1234), built to defend against northern nomadic tribes, once spanning over 2,500 kilometers long.[3]
Great Wall of Western Xia
Great Wall of the Khitan Liao dynasty
Ranikot Fort, Also called 'The Great Wall of Pakistan', second largest wall of South Asia after Kumbhalgarh fort in India
Cheolli Jangseong, North Korea and China
Great Wall of Gorgan in Iran, (World's second longest wall)[4][5]
Long Wall of Quảng Ngãi in Quảng Ngãi, Vietnam.
Kumbhalgarh, in Rajasthan, India
Smbat Walls
- Sasanian defense lines
Europe
Walls of Constantinople in Turkey
Anastasian Wall in Turkey
Antonine Wall in Scotland, United Kingdom – part of UNESCO site 430[6]
Aurelian Walls of Rome
Walls of Ston in Croatia
Danevirke, Germany
Roman limes in Upper Germania, Lower Germania and Rhaetia, Germany – part of UNESCO site 430[6]
Hadrian's Wall in England – part of UNESCO site 430[6][7]
Long Wall (Thracian Chersonese)
Offa's Dyke between Mercia (England) and Powys (Wales)
Serpent's Wall, the ancient walls in Ukraine
Wall of Severus, between Roman Britain and [not recorded]
Silesia Walls, Poland
Trajan's Wall, in Dobruja, Romania
Athanaric's Wall, Romania
Wat's Dyke parallel, for part of the distance, to Offa's Dyke, England:Wales.
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Modern defensive walls or border barriers

Atlantic Wall in Nazi-occupied France
Berlin Wall in Berlin separating West Berlin from East Germany 1961–1989 (in concrete: 1975–1989)[8]
Inland Customs Line 2,500 miles (4,000 km) built 1843 onward in British India
India–Pakistan barrier
Bangladesh–India border
Sections of the Israeli West Bank barrier, West Bank[9]
Sections of the Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel[10]
Belfast Peace Lines in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Korean Wall (alleged by DPRK), Korean Demilitarized Zone[11]
Ceuta border fence, in Ceuta, Autonomous city of Spain
Melilla border fence in Melilla, Autonomous city of Spain
US-Mexico Border,[12] including the Tortilla Wall
Frontier Closed Area along Hong Kong-China border
Hungary-Serbia Barrier
Turkey-Syria Barrier
Turkey-Iran Barrier
Slovenian border Barrier
Pakistan–Afghanistan barrier
Myanmar-Bangladesh Border Fence
India–Myanmar Barrier
Poland–Belarus barrier[13]
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Memorial walls
Communards' Wall in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, in Paris, France
Democracy Wall, in Beijing (1978–1979)
Lennon Wall in Prague
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, often called the Wall, in Washington, D.C.
Pine Grove Cemetery, second-longest contiguous stone wall in the world, in Lynn, Massachusetts
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 in SoHo, New York City
- The Wall In Concert[broken anchor] (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.
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References
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