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City wall in ancient Athens
The Long Walls (Ancient Greek: Μακρὰ Τείχη [makra tei̯kʰɛː]) was a structure that connected Athens' main city to its ports at Piraeus and Phaleron. Built
Long_Walls
Series of fortifications in northern China
walls around their respective states; today, however, it is more commonly used to mean "city". The longer Chinese name "Ten-Thousand Mile Long Wall"
Great_Wall_of_China
Topics referred to by the same term
Long walls were ancient Greek defensive structures between cities and ports, especially the Long Walls linking Athens to Piraeus and Phalerum. The Long
Long_Wall
Defensive wall in Thrace
The Anastasian Wall (Ancient Greek: Ἀναστάσειον Τεῖχος, Anastáseion Teîchos; Turkish: Anastasius Suru) or the Long Walls of Thrace (Greek: Μακρὰ Τείχη
Anastasian_Wall
City-state in ancient Greece
defensive walls from the Bronze Age and they were rebuilt and extended over the centuries. In addition the Long Walls consisted of two parallel walls leading
Classical_Athens
American company
announced in a blog post that the company would rebrand to Long Wall, a name inspired by the Long Walls in Ancient Athens, and focus on developing missile defense
Long_Wall_(aerospace_company)
City walls of ancient Babylon
The walls of Babylon were the city walls surrounding the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon, the political and religious centre of the Neo-Babylonian
Walls_of_Babylon
Ancient defensive structure
(the modern peninsula of Gallipoli) in Antiquity. The Long Wall was actually a succession of walls on the base of the Thracian Chersonese, the first of
Long Wall (Thracian Chersonese)
Long_Wall_(Thracian_Chersonese)
Ancient citadel above the city of Athens
the palace was constructed, a massive Cyclopean circuit wall was built, 760 m (2,490 ft) long, up to 10 m (32 ft 10 in) high, and ranging 3.5 m (11 ft
Acropolis_of_Athens
Buddhist prayer stone
mani stones are often placed in long stacks along trails, forming mani walls. Buddhist custom dictates that these walls should be passed or circumvented
Mani_stone
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Russia
of Naryn-Kala at Derbent, the twin long walls connecting it with the Caspian Sea in the east, and the "mountain wall" of Dagh-Bary, running from Derbent
Fortifications_of_Derbent
Form of underground coal mining
Longwall mining is a form of underground coal mining where a long single face of coal, known as a panel, is mined with a continuous cut across its entirety
Longwall_mining
Aspect of Chinese military history
Qi walls. The route of the Qi and Zhou walls would be mostly followed by the later Ming wall west of Gubeikou, which includes reconstructed walls from
History of the Great Wall of China
History_of_the_Great_Wall_of_China
list of notable fortified structures. For city walls in particular, see List of cities with defensive walls. Fossatum Africae Sungbo's Eredo, built during
List_of_walls
List of defensive walls around Athens, Greece
modern Greece, has had different sets of city walls from the Bronze Age to the early 19th century. The city walls of Athens include: the Mycenaean Cyclopean
City_walls_of_Athens
Part of the Sasanian military strategy
Kavadh I (r. 498–531), who constructed the long fortification walls at Besh Barmak (recorded as Barmaki Wall in Islamic sources), Shabran and Gilgilchay
Sasanian_defense_lines
Battle between Athens and Sparta (457 BC)
began building the Long Walls, a defensive structure that secured the communication lines between the city and Piraeus. Like other walls that were built
Battle_of_Tanagra_(457_BC)
Historical structure in Vietnam
The Long Wall of Quang Ngai (Vietnamese: Trường lũy Quảng Ngãi), Truong luy, or the Great Wall of Vietnam is a 127.4-kilometre (79.2 mi) rampart extending
Long_Wall_of_Quảng_Ngãi
City walls of Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)
The walls of Constantinople (Turkish: Konstantinopolis Surları; Greek: Τείχη της Κωνσταντινούπολης) are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded
Walls_of_Constantinople
Greek history period from 479 to 431 BC
Athenian ships were destroyed in the Delta region. 458—The Long Walls: The construction of the long walls gave Athens a major military advantage by forming a
Pentecontaetia
Harbour of Athens and a port city in Attica, Greece
Athens, along with the navy's base. During the Golden Age of Athens, the Long Walls were constructed to fortify the route from the main settlement to the
Piraeus
Ancient port of Corinth, Greece
Corinthian Gulf connected with the city by means of a road between the Long Walls, 2.3 km in length. Its site is located near the modern village of Lechaio
Lechaeum
Series of walls surrounding the city of Genoa, Italy
The walls of Genoa (mura di Genova in Italian, miage de Zena in Ligurian) constitute in their whole the several circles of walls that protected and defended
Walls_of_Genoa
Fortification used to protect an area from potential aggressors
as city walls or town walls, although there were also walls, such as the Great Wall of China, Walls of Benin, Hadrian's Wall, Anastasian Wall, and the
Defensive_wall
Vertical structure, usually solid, that defines and sometimes protects an area
various types of walls, including border barriers between countries, brick walls, defensive walls in fortifications, and retaining walls that hold back
Wall
Ancient Greek war (460–445 BC)
complete the construction of their long walls. Shortly after this, Aegina surrendered and was forced to pull down its walls, surrender its fleet and became
First_Peloponnesian_War
Acropolis of Argos, Greece
and temple became the nucleus of Classical Argos. Long walls (analogous to the Athenian Long Walls) connecting to Nauplion were begun circa 421 BC by
Larisa_(Argos)
Series of defensive walls in Croatia
The Walls of Ston (Croatian: Stonske zidine) are a series of defensive stone walls, originally more than 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long, that surrounded and
Walls_of_Ston
1979 studio album by Pink Floyd
World" to allow the construction crew to complete the wall. "Empty Spaces" was replaced by a longer version of the track, "What Shall We Do Now?". During
The_Wall
Defensive wall built around London
helped to preserve surviving sections of the city wall as scheduled monuments. The long presence of the walls has had a profound and continuing effect on the
London_Wall
Battle between Athens and Boeotian city-states (457 BC)
the surrender of Aegina, and the completion of the construction of the Long Walls to the Athenian port of Piraeus (an action opposed by Sparta). Athens
Battle_of_Oenophyta
American actress (born 1970)
Nia Talita Long (/ˈniə/ NEE-yə; born October 30, 1970) is an American actress. Best known for her work in black cinema, Long rose to prominence after
Nia_Long
1958 film directed by Lucas Demare
Behind a Long Wall (Spanish: Detrás de un largo muro) is a 1958 Argentine drama film directed by Lucas Demare and starring Susana Campos, Gloria Ferrandiz
Behind_a_Long_Wall
Defensive walls built in pre-modern China
In addition to walls, Chinese city defenses also included fortified towers and gates, as well as moats and ramparts around the walls. The most specific
Chinese_city_wall
430 BC epidemic in Greece
spread to Athens via the Long Walls, where refugees would camp out. He says that crowding and poor hygiene in the Long Walls led to a significant spread
Plague_of_Athens
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Azerbaijan
The city walls, which had a height of 8–12 meters and a width of 3.5 meters, provided for Baku's security. In the Middle Ages, the fortress walls were 1500
Baku_Fortress_Wall
Populous island in southeastern New York city
Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York State, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share
Long_Island
Association of ancient Greek city-states under Athenian hegemony
influential speaker Themistocles, the Athenians had also constructed the Long Walls connecting their city to the Piraeus, its port, making it effectively
Delian_League
Scheduled monument urban defence in England
Exeter's city walls survive as a circuit approximately 2.35km long, of which 72% (1,705m) is still visible, some parts up to 2.5m high. The walls of Exeter
Exeter_city_walls
Wall-building projects in Ireland from famine times
walls were built throughout Ireland, especially in the west and south, in the mid-19th century, during the Great Famine. A great deal of these walls were
Famine_walls
allies of the Megarians built long walls which connected Nisaea to Megaris. According to Thucydides, the length of the walls that connected the port to Megara
Nisaea
Wavy brick wall
walls, such as cheap outbuildings and garden walls, may be built to half thickness by laying only a single row of stretchers, but this is a weak wall
Crinkle_crankle_wall
Defensive fortification in Verona, Italy
The Roman walls of Verona were an important defensive curtain wall equipped with numerous towers and monumental gates, built in several successive construction
Roman_walls_of_Verona
British high jumper, long jumper and pentathlete
the 1976 Summer Olympics. Walls, born in Glasgow, Scotland, was a member of Edinburgh Southern Harriers Athletics Club. Walls became the British pentathlon
Moira_Walls
2008 film by Andrew Stanton
Revenge of the Sith and told his wife he would no longer work on films with robots, but found WALL-E and its substitution of voices with sound "fresh
WALL-E
Defensive fortification in Roman Britain
Northumberland History of Scotland List of walls Offa's Dyke Scots' Dike "Hadrian's Wall: The Facts". Visit Hadrian's Wall. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original
Hadrian's_Wall
Series of walls built around the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia
The Walls of Dubrovnik (Croatian: Dubrovačke gradske zidine) are a series of defensive stone walls surrounding the city of Dubrovnik in southern Croatia
Walls_of_Dubrovnik
Archaeological site in Piraeus, Athens
Gate was one of the city gates in the ancient walls of Piraeus, in Athens, Greece Themistokles built the walls and city gates of Piraeus in 493 BC and according
Middle_Gate_(Piraeus)
Monumental grave reconstructed in Piraeus Museum
Piraeus Archaeological Museum. This grave monument was built outside the Long Walls leading to Piraeus. The grave monument is composed of a limestone podium
Grave_monument_from_Kallithea
Syracuse, Rome (Aurelian Walls) and Constantinople (Walls of Constantinople) were also protected by very long circuit walls. The largest monolith lifted
List of ancient Greek and Roman architectural records
List_of_ancient_Greek_and_Roman_architectural_records
Cold War barrier around West Berlin (1961–1989)
the Berlin Wall was commenced by the government of the GDR on 13 August 1961. It included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, accompanied
Berlin_Wall
Military defensive construction
Great Wall, a number of Chinese cities also constructed defensive walls to defend their cities. Notable Chinese city walls include the city walls of Hangzhou
Fortification
Set of paintings by Francisco Goya
paintings originally were painted as murals on the walls of the house, later being "hacked off" the walls and attached to canvas by owner Baron Frédéric Émile
Black_Paintings
Type of longhouse typical of Brittany and Normandy in France
is a long, narrow dwelling, developing along the axis of its peak, typically inhabited by farmers and artisans. Longère also means a "long wall" or "gutter
Longère
Byzantine general
as the Long Walls of Anastasius, Constantinople's outer defensive system. Comentiolus defeated them at the river Erginia, near the Long Walls. As a reward
Comentiolus
Ancient Greek war (395–387 BC)
meanwhile put in at Athens and aid the Athenians in rebuilding their long walls and the wall around Piraeus, adding that he knew nothing could be a heavier
Corinthian_War
90 cm (35.43 in) long, 70 cm (27.56 in) wide, 3–4 cm (1.18–1.57 in) thick and weighing around 30 kg (66 lb) apiece. Only stone walls, which were replacing
Ancient_Greek_architecture
Former defensive wall in Paris
The Thiers wall (French: Enceinte de Thiers) was the last of the defensive walls of Paris. It was an enclosure constructed between 1841 and 1846 and was
Thiers_wall
11th-century wall in North Korea
The Ch'ŏlli changsŏng (Korean: 천리장성; Hanja: 千里長城) or Great Wall of Korea may refer to either of two massive fortifications built between medieval Korea
Ch'ŏlli_changsŏng
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Thessaloniki, Greece
The Walls of Thessaloniki (Greek: Τείχη της Θεσσαλονίκης, Teíchi tis Thessaloníkis) are the 4 kilometer-long city walls surrounding the city of Thessaloniki
Walls_of_Thessaloniki
Grade I listed urban defence in Caernarfon, United Kingdom
Caernarfon's town walls are a medieval defensive structure around the town of Caernarfon in North Wales. The walls were constructed between 1283 and 1292
Caernarfon_town_walls
smaller hut was eight sided with 6 feet long walls while the larger size was 10 sided with 8 feet long walls. They had a covered opening at the apex of
Quetta_hut
1972 autobiographical work by J. B. Priestley
Over The Long High Wall is a 1972 autobiographical work by the British writer J. B. Priestley. Klien p.625 Klein, Holger. J.B. Priestley's Fiction. Peter
Over_the_Long_High_Wall
Defensive walls in Oxford, UK
(3 km). Built in stone, the curtain walls were castellated and pierced with over twenty-five bastions. The walls were a development of an earlier defensive
Oxford_city_walls
Topics referred to by the same term
hold back the Gobi Desert Hadrian's Wall, built by Romans in Britain Long Wall (disambiguation) Volcanic dike wall, Spanish Peaks in La Veta, Colorado
Great_Wall_(disambiguation)
Roman walls of Lugo, built between 263 and 276 AD to defend the Roman town of Lucus Augusti (in what is now Spain) Aurelian Walls, the later wall of Rome
Ancient_Roman_defensive_walls
Comune in Sicily, Italy
where the modern town now is, in the form of two long walls protecting the port. There are remains of a wall of massive rectangular blocks of stone at the
Cefalù
Municipality in Styria, Austria
century BC. A massive protective wall surrounded it. Only two towers remain of the 7-8 metre high and 1500 metre long wall. (Schölbinger Tower and Reck Tower)
Hartberg
Grade I listed building in Conwy, Wales
The Conwy town walls are a medieval defensive structure around the town of Conwy in Wales. The walls were constructed between 1283 and 1287 after the
Conwy_town_walls
bastions connected through 60 meters long walls, with a thickness of 30 metres at the bottom and 5 meters at top. The walls were surmounted by massive merlons
Forte_Spagnolo,_L'Aquila
Czech, Romanian, and Slovakian walls for segregation
Richard Raši, called the wall illegally built without the necessary permits and pledged its demolition. In 2013, there were 14 Roma walls in Slovakia, of which
Roma_wall
Short story by Franz Kafka
running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last
A_Little_Fable
Viking ring castle in Denmark
meters long (96 Roman feet of 29.6 cm), 5 meters wide at the ends and 7.5 meters in the middle, the long walls slightly curved to the outside. The walls consisted
Fyrkat
Defensive fortification in Roman Britain
"great walls" created by the Romans in Great Britain in the second century AD. Its ruins are less evident than those of the better-known and longer Hadrian's
Antonine_Wall
Outermost layer of some cells
eukaryotes, cells walls are prevalent in fungi, algae and plants but absent from animals and many other taxa. The composition of cell walls varies across
Cell_wall
Medieval fortress in Salzburg, Austria
the most magnificently furnished room of the princely chambers. The two long walls are taken up by benches that are richly decorated with vines, grapes,
Hohensalzburg_Fortress
Ceremonial hall of the New Royal Palace in Prague, Czech Republic
consists of plaster castings additionally fixed on the walls and the ceilings. The two shorter walls of the hall were designed and built in a wholly new
Spanish_Hall
Peninsula in northwestern Turkey
Long Wall, a defensive structure built across the narrowest part of the peninsula near the ancient city of Agora. The isthmus traversed by the wall was
Gallipoli
Public building in modern-day Israel, dating from about 3500 BCE
for a statue of a deity. Stone benches stood along both long walls, while along the short walls the excavators found groups of small pits sunk into the
Chalcolithic temple of Ein Gedi
Chalcolithic_temple_of_Ein_Gedi
Largest structures in the universe, made of galaxies
filaments are the largest known structures in the universe, consisting of walls of galactic superclusters. These massive, thread-like formations can commonly
Galaxy_filament
City in California, United States
others were not. On the exterior of the Long Beach Sports Arena is one of the artist Wyland's Whaling Walls. At 116,000 square feet (10,800 square metres)
Long_Beach,_California
American business-focused daily newspaper
the Afternoon Letter was renamed The Wall Street Journal. The debut issue of the Journal was four pages long, with dimensions of 20 3/4 × 15 1/2 inches
The_Wall_Street_Journal
Construction method
oriented strand board or boards. On two walls, usually the long walls, the dimensional lumber girts at the top of the walls are doubled, one on the inside and
Pole_building_framing
Series of border barriers
walls, prays for Venezuela". AP News. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019. "Pope repeats 'bridges not walls' after
Mexico–United States border wall
Mexico–United_States_border_wall
Ancient defensive wall in Corinth, Greece
archaeological structure in Greece. Due to the great mass of the 7.5 km long wall (which was 7m high and 3m thick) many structures in the region were cannibalized
Hexamilion_wall
Royal palace of the last Burmese monarchy
was surrounded by four 2 km (6666 ft) long walls and a moat 64 m (210 ft) wide, 4.5 m (15 ft) deep. Along the wall were bastions with gold-tipped spires
Mandalay_Palace
Defensive fortifications in Lucca, Italy
city of Lucca never underwent any siege and the walls were never used. The only occasion in which the walls were put to the test was during the disastrous
Walls_of_Lucca
Type of court
Navarre, and La Rioja. A two-wall fronton is made up of a rectangular floor and three vertical walls, named frontis; the front wall is the main one, where the
Fronton_(court)
Ruins of an ancient temple in Palmyra, Syria
women. The cella was lit by two pairs of windows cut high in the two long walls. In three corners of the building stairwells could be found that led up
Temple_of_Bel
Topics referred to by the same term
Great Green Wall of China Chinese Wall (Idaho), a peak in the White Cloud Mountains, Idaho Chinese Wall (Montana), a 1,000 foot high, 15-mile long escarpment
Chinese_wall_(disambiguation)
Viking ring castle in Denmark
longhouses arranged in four squares 29.42 m long each. The houses had a somewhat ship-like form as the long walls were bulging outwards. Each house had four
Trelleborg_(Slagelse)
Graffiti artist, political activist and painter
Pictures of walls : around the world in eighty sprays. London: Pictures of Walls (POW). 2005. ISBN 978-0955194603. OCLC 682533140. Banksy (2007). Wall and Piece
Banksy
Stone wall in Canada completed in 1991
The Great Wall of Saskatchewan is a project created by Albert Johnson. The half-mile-long wall is located approximately 1.6 km west of the village of Smiley
Great_Wall_of_Saskatchewan
Type of firearm
given to early medieval hand cannon. Wall pieces were so named because they were designed to be used along the walls of fortifications. They were equipped
Wall_gun
Los Angeles architectural firm
& Morgan. John A. Walls joined in 1886 to create Kysor, Morgan and Walls, and Kysor retired in 1890, resulting in Morgan and Walls. Around 1910, Morgan's
Morgan,_Walls_&_Clements
Traditional Chinese unit of distance
distances or the exotic: One Chinese name for the Great Wall is the "Ten-Thousand-Li Long Wall" (萬里長城; 万里长城; Wànlǐchángchéng). As in Greek, the number
Li_(unit)
Barrier dividing the Western Sahara
of the western and central part of the country gradually. The walls built were: 1st wall (August 1980 – June 1982) surrounding the "useful triangle" of
Moroccan_Western_Sahara_wall
Defensive walls of the city of Milan
walls. The oldest, the Roman walls, were developed in two stages: the first in the Republican era and the second in the Imperial era. The second wall
Walls_of_Milan
1st-century BCE underground cistern in Jerusalem
5 metres in the north to 6 metres in the south. The pool's long eastern and western walls are not horizontal[dubious – discuss] but also drop steadily
Struthion_Pool
1982 film by Alan Parker
Over the credits, the final song shifts perspective to those outside of walls such as Pink's, who exhaust themselves battering their hearts against it
Pink_Floyd_–_The_Wall
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