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WALLS (Ston Wall (Is the second longest wall in Europe after Hadrian's…
WALLS
Ston Wall
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Demolition work began on the walls following the fall of the Republic. Later the Austrian authorities took materials away from the wall to build schools and community buildings. The wall around Mali Ston was demolished with the excuse that it was damaging the health of the people. The demolition was halted after World War II.
The wall, today 5.5 kilometres long, links Ston to Mali Ston, and is in the shape of an irregular pentangle. It was completed in the 15th century, along with its 40 towers (20 of which have survived) and 5 fortresses. Within, three streets were laid from north to south and three others from east to west.
Trump's Wall
President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency in February over the situation at the US southern border, which has seen a rise in the number of migrants entering the country.
Trump has argued a wall is needed to tackle the border issue - the signature promise of his 2016 election campaign. Before he took office, there were 654 miles (just over 1,000km) of barrier along the southern border - made up of 354 miles of barriers to stop pedestrians and 300 miles of anti-vehicle fencing.
The first construction of new barrier has begun in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, where 13 miles of "new levee wall system" is being built in Hidalgo County. The construction of an additional 11 miles is expected to start this year. A further 15 miles of "new border wall system" is also planned in neighbouring Starr County.
Mr Trump has changed his view of what constitutes a wall.
His promise to build a "big, beautiful wall" between the US and Mexico was a rallying cry throughout his 2016 election campaign. And early on, when he described it, he talked about concrete. But once elected, he began talking about a barrier made of steel, so that border agents could see through it.
Political symbol Wall
Berlin Wall
Was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961 in order to prevent people from fleeing East Berlin.
As people in East Germany didn't want to live under the rule of the Soviet Union, so they started to leave the eastern part and move to the west. Over time more and more people left. The Soviet leaders began to worry, although they tried to keep people from leaving, but without success. Finally they had had enough and built a wall around Berlin to prevent people from leaving.
At the first the wall was just a barbedwire fence. Later it was built with concrete blocks 12 feet high and four feet wide. The wall was 156 km long and 3,5 meters wide, it have a L shape and its reach outskirt
In 1987 President Ronald Reagan gave a speech in Berlin where he asked the leader of Soviet Union, to tear down the wall. A few years later on November 9, 1989 the announcement was made.
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Memorable Wall
Vietnam Veterans Wall
It is located in Washington, and honors members of the American military who fought and lost their lives during the Vietnam War.
The names of the 58,318 American victims of the war are listed in chronological order. Even today the Memorial is a place of pilgrimage for the relatives of the victims, who place flowers, flags and other objects of remembrance.
Was built in 1982 and is built with black granite.This material was chosen for its reflective qualities.
In total there are therefore 70 panels in the east and 70 in the west, for a total of 140 black granite slabs, with decreasing heights starting from the central 3 m.
The wall is made up of two trapezoidal segments in order to convey to the visitor the intensification of the number of casualties as the war events proceed. The names are listed in chronological order of death, starting from the top of the central right panel (1E) with the names of 1959, moving day by day to the end of the eastern wall which ends with panel 70 E with the names of 25 May 1968.
Historical Wall
Wall of Babilon
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To control foot traffic, eight huge gates had been built, the best known of which was the famous Ishtar gate. About 250 towers were scattered along the walls, providing excellent observation points for the sentries and excellent positions for the skilled Babylonian archers.
The walls of Babylon enclosed the city and protected it from danger, surrounding it entirely and also passing over the Euphrates River (which ran through the center of the town). The outer walls were over 15 kilometers long and 6 to 24 meters thick, and were said to stand over 100 meters above the city. Behind the main ones were circles of smaller walls, which provided an additional line of defense if the first one had ever fallen.
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