List of cities with defensive walls

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The following cities have, or have had, defensive walls.

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[edit] Afghanistan

  • Balkh, the ancient city

[edit] Africa

  • Zinder, Niger was well known for its city wall, the remains of which can still be seen

[edit] Albania

[edit] Arab League

[edit] Austria

[edit] Azerbaijan

  • Baku, retaines most of its city walls that separate the historic Inner City from the newer parts of the city developed after 19-th century.

[edit] Belgium

[edit] Canada

  • Quebec City, Quebec is the only fortified city north of Mexico whose walls still exist, in the Americas.
  • Montreal, Quebec Remnants of Montreal's nearly demolished city wall remain surrounding the Old Port neighborhood.

[edit] China

Main article: Chinese city wall

[edit] Colombia

[edit] Croatia

  • Dubrovnik has well-preserved city fortifications including towers, gate, rampart walk and two citadels guarding the docks.
  • Ston: Walls built in 14th-16th century, at the isthmus of the Pelješac peninsula, to the north of Dubrovnik; 890 meters long town wall and 5 km Great Wall outside the town Ston.
  • Karlovac city walls, built in 1579 as a six-point star with bastions.
  • The town of Split retains much of its ancient wall.
  • Zadar retains about half of its wall

[edit] Cuba

[edit] Czech Republic

[edit] Estonia

  • Tallinn old town has a 2 km long town wall with 26 defence towers.

[edit] France

The walled city of Carcassonne in southern France
The walled city of Carcassonne in southern France

[edit] Georgia

Mestia towers in Georgia with the Caucasus Mountains in the background.
Mestia towers in Georgia with the Caucasus Mountains in the background.
The great bulwark in Büdingen
The great bulwark in Büdingen
Towers in Cologne, Germany part of former city wall
Towers in Cologne, Germany part of former city wall
Tower in Regensburg, Germany part of former city wall
Tower in Regensburg, Germany part of former city wall
Worms, Germany city walls
Worms, Germany city walls
Tower and wall in town of Braubach, Germany
Tower and wall in town of Braubach, Germany

[edit] Germany

[edit] Greece

[edit] Hungary

[edit] Israel

[edit] Republic of Ireland

[edit] Italy

Towers for city wall in Genoa
Towers for city wall in Genoa

[edit] Macedonia

  • Ohrid Ancient city wall surrounds the old part of Ohrid, which is called Varos.

[edit] Malta

[edit] Mexico

[edit] the Netherlands

[edit] Pakistan

Only Few Remains Survives of Walls in these cities

[edit] Philippines

[edit] Poland

City walls in Warsaw
City walls in Warsaw
  • Chełmno - almost whole length of walls (2.2 km), with 17 watch towers and city gate, 13th-14th cent.
  • Lębork - city ruins from the Medieval era
  • Lubań - partially preserved
  • Kraków - only the barbican, Floriańska Gate, two watch towers and some traces preserved
  • Pyrzyce - until World War II best preserved city walls in Pomerania region, from 14th cent.
  • Stargard Szczeciński - significant parts survived with 3 gates (including unique water gate - Brama Młyńska); one of the most interesting city walls in Poland
  • Szydłów - city walls with Krakowska Gate and watch towers built in 14th cent.
  • Toruń - several watch towers, three city gates and some sections (the longest and most impressive from Vistula) from 13th-15th centuries
  • Warsaw - partially preserved, partially restored after World War II, barbican restored
  • Zamość - complete renaissance and 19th century walls preserved

[edit] Puerto Rico

[edit] Russia

[edit] Spain

[edit] Sweden

  • Visby Ringwall
  • Gothenburg has a part of the western city wall left, the bastion Carolus Rex at Esperanto platsen (Esperanto square) and most of the city moat is still left.
  • Stockholm has a small remainder of the medieval city wall preserved.

[edit] Thailand

  • Chiang Mai The Old City is surrounded by a moat and city walls which were rebuilt in the 19th century.

[edit] Turkey

A surviving section of the stone base of the walls of Troy
A surviving section of the stone base of the walls of Troy
  • Troy. The ancient city of Troy was famous for its defensive walls. There is archaeological evidence that Troy VII, generally identified as the stage of the of the legendary Trojan War of Homer's Iliad, usually dated between 1194 BC – 1184 BC, had walls with a carefully built stone base over four meters thick and some nine meters high in places, which was surmounted by a larger superstructure with towers in mudbrick. The walls in Homer's epic are so mighty that the siege of Troy by Achaeans lasts more than nine years, and only could be finished with the trickery of the Trojan Horse. Sections of the stone base of Trojan walls still survive on the archaeological site in present day Hisarlık, in Çanakkale province.
  • Istanbul. The system of walls around (as it was then known) Constantinople built in 412 by the Roman emperor Theodosius II was a complex stone barrier that stretched 6,5 kilometers and is often called the Wall of Theodosius. This barrier stood inexpugnable along ten centuries and resisted the siege of several violent attacks until 1453 when the Ottomans succeed in breaching the walls. There was a new element in the battlefield: the Ottoman army had powder cannons and the walls did not offer any resistance to them.

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] United States

[edit] See also

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