Defensive wall facts for kids
A defensive wall is a fortification used to defend a city from potential aggressors. In ancient to modern times, they were used to enclose settlements. Generally, these are referred to as city walls or town walls, although there were also walls, such as the Great Wall of China, Hadrian's Wall, and the metaphorical Atlantic Wall, which extended far beyond the borders of a city and were used to enclose regions or mark territorial boundaries. Beyond their defensive value many walls also had important symbolic functions — representing the status and independence of the communities they embraced.
Images for kids
-
9th century BC relief of an Assyrian attack on a walled town
-
The lakeside wall of the Yueyang Tower, Yuan dynasty
-
Medieval defensive walls and towers in Szprotawa, Poland, made of field stone and bog iron
-
Remains of a defensive wall of Prince Qin Mansion, a citadel within Xi'an
-
The Stone City is a wall in Nanjing dated to the Six Dynasties (220～589). Almost all of the original city is gone, but portions of the city wall remain. Not to be confused with the City Wall of Nanjing.
-
Chinese angled bastion fort, 1638
-
Multiple barbicans of Tongji Gate, Nanjing
-
A model of a typical Chinese city wall.
-
The fortified wall of a police station in Belfast, Northern Ireland
-
Defensive walls around the ancient Egyptian settlement of Buhen
-
Porte St. Louis, part of Ramparts of Quebec City, the only remaining fortified city walls in North America north of Mexico
-
The defensive walls of Intramuros, the "Walled City" of old Manila, Philippines
-
Walled tulou villages
-
Lugo's Roman walls, Galicia, Spain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
See also
In Spanish: Muralla para niños
