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Africa


Algeria

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Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
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Ghardaïa Ghardaïa ( ar, غرداية, Mzab-Berber: ''Taɣerdayt'') is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The commune of Ghardaïa has a population of 93,423 according to the 2008 census, up from 87,599 in 1998, with an annual growth rate ...
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Timimoun Timimoun ( ar, ﺗﻴﻤﻴﻤﻮن) is a town and commune, and capital of Timimoun District, in Adrar Province, south-central Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 33,060, up from 28,595 in 1998, with an annual growth rate ...


Egypt

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Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
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List of Egypt castles, forts, fortifications and city walls Many buildings in Egypt can be put under the classification of castles, citadels, forts, and fortifications. List by age Pharaonic Lower Egypt * Fortification of Memphis * Fort of Walls of the Prince (inebw heka), Eastern Delta. * Fortres ...
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Ethiopia

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Harar Harar ( amh, ሐረር; Harari: ሀረር; om, Adare Biyyo; so, Herer; ar, هرر) known historically by the indigenous as Gey (Harari: ጌይ ''Gēy'', ) is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia. It is also known in Arabic as the City of Saint ...


Libya

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Benghazi Benghazi () , ; it, Bengasi; tr, Bingazi; ber, Bernîk, script=Latn; also: ''Bengasi'', ''Benghasi'', ''Banghāzī'', ''Binghāzī'', ''Bengazi''; grc, Βερενίκη (''Berenice'') and ''Hesperides''., group=note (''lit. Son of he Ghazi ...
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Germa Germa ( ar, جرمة), known in ancient times as Garama, is an archaeological site in Libya. It was the capital of the Garamantian Kingdom. The Garamantes were a Berber people living in the Fezzan in the northeastern Sahara Desert. Garamantian ...
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Ghadames Ghadames or Ghadamis ( Berber: ''ʕadémis''; ar, غدامس, Libyan vernacular: ''ɣdāməs'', Latin: ''Cidamus, Cydamus'', it, Gadames) is an oasis Berber town in the Nalut District of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya. The i ...
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Ghat Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, depending on the context could refer either to a range of stepped hills with valleys (ghati in Hindi), such as the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats; or the series of steps leading down to a body of ...
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Jaghbub Jaghbub ( ar, الجغبوب) is a remote desert village in the Al Jaghbub Oasis in the eastern Libyan Desert. It is actually closer to the Egyptian town of Siwa than to any Libyan town of note. The oasis is located in Butnan District and was th ...
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Kabaw Kabaw, Kabao or Cabao ( ar, كاباو) is a town in the Nalut District in northwestern Libya. It lies just off the Gharyan–Nalut road and about west of Jadu,Ham, Anthony (2007) "Kabaw" ''Libya'' (second edition) Lonely Planet, Footscray, Vi ...
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Murzuq Murzuk, Murzuq, Murzug or Merzug ( ar, مرزق) is an oasis town and the capital of the Murzuq District in the Fezzan region of southwest Libya.Robinson, Harry (1960) "Murzuq" ''The Mediterranean Lands'' University Tutorial Press, London, p. 414 ...
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Nalut Nalut (sometimes Lalút) ( ar, نالوت) is the capital of the Nalut District in Libya. Nalut lies approximately halfway between Tripoli and Ghadames, at the western end of the Nafusa Mountains coastal range, in the Tripolitania region. The town ...
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Sokna Sokna is a small village located between Hønefoss and Krøderen in the municipality of Ringerike, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. Its population is 543. Location Sokna is located in the valley of Soknedalen, between the Sogna and Verk ...
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Tolmeita Tolmeita, Tolmeta or Tolmeitha ar, طلميتة is a village in the northern Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya, some east of Benghazi, near Ad Dirsiyah. Its name is derived from Greek language, Greek Πτολεμαΐς (''Ptolemais''), the name o ...
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Tripoli Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to: Cities and other geographic units Greece *Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in ...
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Mali

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Djenné Djenné ( Bambara: ߘߖߋߣߣߋ tr. Djenne; also known as Djénné, Jenné and Jenne) is a Songhai people town and an urban commune in the Inland Niger Delta region of central Mali. The town is the administrative centre of the Djenné Cercle, on ...
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Timbuktu Timbuktu ( ; french: Tombouctou; Koyra Chiini: ); tmh, label=Tuareg, script=Tfng, ⵜⵏⴱⴾⵜ, Tin Buqt a city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River. The town is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrativ ...


Morocco

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Aït Benhaddou Aït Benhaddou (; ar, آيت بن حدّو) is a historic ''ighrem'' or ''ksar'' (fortified village) along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakesh in Morocco. It is considered a great example of Moroccan earthen clay architect ...
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Asilah Asilah (; ar, أزيلا or أصيلة; pt, Arzila; es, Arcila) is a fortified town on the northwest tip of the Atlantic coast of Morocco, about south of Tangier. Its ramparts and gateworks remain fully intact. History The town's history da ...
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Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
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Chefchaouen Chefchaouen ( ar, شفشاون, Shafshāwan, ), also known as Chaouen (), is a city in northwest Morocco. It is the chief town of the province of the same name and is noted for its buildings in shades of blue, for which it is nicknamed the "Blu ...
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Essaouira Essaouira ( ; ar, الصويرة, aṣ-Ṣawīra; shi, ⵜⴰⵚⵚⵓⵔⵜ, Taṣṣort, formerly ''Amegdul''), known until the 1960s as Mogador, is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast. It ha ...
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Fes Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 mi ...
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Ksar el-Kebir El-Ksar el Kebir (Arabic: القصر الكبير; ber, ⵍⵇⵚⵔ ⵍⴽⴱⵉⵔ, lqṣr lkbir) is a city in northwestern Morocco, about 160 km north of Rabat, 32 km east of Larache and 110 km south of Tangier. It recorded a ...
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Ksar es-Seghir Ksar es-Seghir ( ar, القصر الصغير, ⵇⵙⴰⵔ ⵙⵖⵉⵔ, ''al-Qasr as-Seghir''), also known by numerous other spellings and names, is a small town on the Mediterranean coast in the Jebala region of northwest Morocco, between Ta ...
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Larache Larache ( ar, العرايش, al-'Araysh) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast, where the Loukkos River meets the Atlantic Ocean. Larache is one of the most important cities of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region. Many ...
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Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...
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Meknes Meknes ( ar, مكناس, maknās, ; ber, ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ, amknas; french: Meknès) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th c ...
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Moulay Abdallah Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco, KCVO, (30 July 1935 – 20 December 1983) was the brother of Moulay Hassan, later King Hassan II of Morocco and the son of King Mohammed V of Morocco (1909–1961) and his second wife, Lalla Abla bint Tahar (19 ...
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Moulay Idriss Moulay Idriss, Moulay Driss Zerhoun or simply Zerhoun ( ar, مولاي إدريس زرهون) is a town in the Fès-Meknès region of northern Morocco, spread over two hills at the base of Mount Zerhoun. It is famous for being the site of the tomb ...
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Ouarzazate Ouarzazate (; ar, ورزازات, Warzāzāt, ; ary, وارزازات, Wārzāzāt; shi, label= Berber, ⵡⴰⵔⵣⴰⵣⴰⵜ, Warzazat), nicknamed ''the door of the desert'', is a city and capital of Ouarzazate Province in the region of Dr ...
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Oujda Oujda ( ar, وجدة; ber, ⵡⵓⵊⴷⴰ, Wujda) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco and has a population of about 558,000 people. It ...
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Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...
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Salé Salé ( ar, سلا, salā, ; ber, ⵙⵍⴰ, sla) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the right bank of the Bou Regreg river, opposite the national capital Rabat, for which it serves as a commuter town. Founded in about 1030 by the Banu Ifran ...
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Sefrou Sefrou is a city in central Morocco situated in the Fès-Meknès region. It recorded a population of 79,887 in the 2014 Moroccan census, up from 63,872 in the 2004 census. Sefrou is known for its historical Jewish population, and its annual cherry ...
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Tangier Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...
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Taroudannt Taroudant (; ar, تارودانت, Latn, ar, tārūdānt, ) is a city in the Sous Valley in south western Morocco. It is situated east of Agadir on the road to Ouarzazate and the Sahara desert and south of Marrakesh. The town is known as the "Gr ...
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Taza Taza ( ber, ⵜⴰⵣⴰ, ar, تازة) is a city in northern Morocco occupying the corridor between the Rif mountains and Middle Atlas mountains, about 120 km east of Fez and 150 km west of Al hoceima. It recorded a population of 148 ...
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Tétouan Tétouan ( ar, تطوان, tiṭwān, ber, ⵜⵉⵟⵟⴰⵡⴰⵏ, tiṭṭawan; es, Tetuán) is a city in northern Morocco. It lies along the Martil Valley and is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles so ...
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Tiznit Tiznit or Tiznet ( ar, تزنيت, Tiznīt; ber, ⵜⵉⵣⵏⵉⵜ, Tiznit) is a town in the west coast of the Moroccan region of Souss-Massa, founded in 1881 by the Sultan Hassan I. It is the capital of Tiznit Province and recorded a populati ...


Niger

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Zinder Zinder (locally, ''Damagaram''), formerly also spelled Sinder, is the third largest city in Niger, with a population of 170,574 (2001 census);
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Keffi Keffi is a town in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Keffi. Keffi is 50 kilometers from Abuja. Nasarawa State university is located in Keffi sitting along Keffi-Akwanga express way. It has an area of 138 km and a ...


Tunisia

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Bizerte Bizerte or Bizerta ( ar, بنزرت, translit=Binzart , it, Biserta, french: link=no, Bizérte) the classical Hippo, is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the cap ...
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Kairouan Kairouan (, ), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan ( ar, ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, al-Qayrawān , aeb, script=Latn, Qeirwān ), is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was founded by th ...
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Sfax Sfax (; ar, صفاقس, Ṣafāqis ) is a city in Tunisia, located southeast of Tunis. The city, founded in AD849 on the ruins of Berber Taparura, is the capital of the Sfax Governorate (about 955,421 inhabitants in 2014), and a Mediterranean ...
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Sousse Sousse or Soussa ( ar, سوسة, ; Berber:''Susa'') is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf ...
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Tozeur Tozeur ( ar, توزر, ; ber, ⵜⵓⵣⴻⵔ, Tuzər) is a city in southwest Tunisia. The city is located northwest of Chott el Djerid, in between this Chott and the smaller Chott el Gharsa. It is the capital of Tozeur Governorate. It was the ...
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Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...


Americas


Canada


Chile

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Valdivia Valdivia (; Mapuche: Ainil) is a city and commune in southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia, and Cau-Cau R ...


Colombia

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Cuba

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La Habana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.


Dominican Republic

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Santo Domingo , total_type = Total , population_density_km2 = auto , timezone = AST (UTC −4) , area_code_type = Area codes , area_code = 809, 829, 849 , postal_code_type = Postal codes , postal_code = 10100–10699 (Distrito Nacional) , websi ...
was a fortified city from the 16th to the early 20th centuries. Parts of the wall are still visible in the Colonial Zone. One of the main gates is very well preserved and centuries ago was named "The Gate of the Count" after the Count of Peñalba, who stopped the invasion of
William Penn William Penn ( – ) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy a ...
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Robert Venables Robert Venables (ca. 1613–1687), was an English soldier from Cheshire, who fought for Parliament in the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and captured Jamaica in 1655. When the Anglo-Spanish War began in 1654, he was made joint comm ...
during the Siege of Santo Domingo.


Mexico

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Campeche Campeche (; yua, Kaampech ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by ...
- majority of the walls around the old town survive *
Mayapan Mayapan (Màayapáan in Modern Maya; in Spanish Mayapán) is a Pre-Columbian Maya site a couple of kilometers south of the town of Telchaquillo in Municipality of Tecoh, approximately 40 km south-east of Mérida and 100 km west of ...
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Mérida, Yucatán Mérida () is the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán, and the largest city in southeastern Mexico. The city is also the seat of the eponymous Municipality. It is located in the northwest corner of the Yucatán Peninsula, about 35 km (22 ...
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Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
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Tulum Tulum (, yua, Tulu'um) is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city which served as a major port for Coba, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The ruins are situated on cliffs along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribb ...
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Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
(walls demolished in the 19th century, but a bastion remains)


Panama

Old Quarter of
Panama City Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is locat ...
(a portion of the Wall still exists)


Peru

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Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...
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Puerto Rico

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San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to: Places Argentina * San Juan Province, Argentina * San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province * San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province * San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...


United States

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Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
, Massachusetts, maintained a defensive city wall and gate across Boston Neck, the sole point where the city was connected with the mainland, from 1631 until the end of the 18th century. *
Charleston Charleston most commonly refers to: * Charleston, South Carolina * Charleston, West Virginia, the state capital * Charleston (dance) Charleston may also refer to: Places Australia * Charleston, South Australia Canada * Charleston, Newfoundlan ...
, South Carolina was a walled city from the 1690s until the 1720s. A portion of the wall, called Half Moon Battery, is still visible in the Provost Dungeon of the Old Exchange Building. *
St. Augustine, Florida St. Augustine ( ; es, San Agustín ) is a city in the Southeastern United States and the county seat of St. Johns County on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers, it is the oldest continuously inhabit ...
, starting in 1704, the Spanish constructed the
Cubo Line The Cubo Line was part of the defense system built by the Spanish to protect the presidio of St. Augustine (San Agustín) in the territory of Spanish Florida (La Florida) during the early years of the 18th century. History After the 1702 si ...
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New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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, planned in 1718 as a walled city. The wall was present during the Battle of New Orleans, but was found to be in such a state of disarray that it could not be used.


Uruguay

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Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
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Asia


Afghanistan

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Balkh ), named for its green-tiled ''Gonbad'' ( prs, گُنبَد, dome), in July 2001 , pushpin_map=Afghanistan#Bactria#West Asia , pushpin_relief=yes , pushpin_label_position=bottom , pushpin_mapsize=300 , pushpin_map_caption=Location in Afghanistan ...
, the ancient city


China

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Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
, see City Wall of Beijing. Many parts of the walls of
Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
were demolished during the 1960s to open large streets around the city. A
metro Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...
line also follows the location of the former city walls. *
Xiangyang Xiangyang is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei province, China and the second largest city in Hubei by population. It was known as Xiangfan from 1950 to 2010. The Han River runs through Xiangyang's centre and divides the city no ...
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Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
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Dali Dali or Dalí may refer to: Chinese history * Kingdom of Dali (937–1253 AD), centered in modern Yunnan * Kingdom of Nanzhao or Dali, Kingdom of Dali's predecessor state * Dali, Emperor Daizong of Tang's third and last regnal period (766–779) ...
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Shangqiu Shangqiu (), alternately romanized as Shangkiu, is a city in eastern Henan province, Central China. It borders Kaifeng to the northwest, Zhoukou to the southwest, and the provinces of Shandong and Anhui to the northeast and southeast respectively ...
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Jianshui Jianshui County (; Hani: ''Jeifsyu'') is a city in Honghe prefecture, Yunnan province, China. and remains an important transportation crossroad. Previously, it has been known as Lin'an () or Huili (); today, the name Lin'an Town is retained by ...
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Zhangjiakou Zhangjiakou (; ; ) also known as Kalgan and by several other names, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hebei province in Northern China, bordering Beijing to the southeast, Inner Mongolia to the north and west, and Shanxi to the southw ...
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Wanquan District Wanquan () is a district of the city of Zhangjiakou, in the northwest of Hebei province, China, located just to the southwest of Zhangjiakou's urban core. It was the site of the Battle of the Badger's Mouth Pass, one of the major campaigns in the M ...
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Zhaoqing Zhaoqing (), alternately romanized as Shiuhing, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,113,594, with 1,553,109 living in the built-up (or metro) area made of Duanzhou, Dinghu a ...
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Guangfu Ancient City Guangfu is a town in Yongnian District, Handan, Hebei, China. It comprises the , a AAAAA-rated tourist attraction that preserves the appearance of a Ming-era Chinese town through its architecture, large city walls, and expansive moat. Names "Gu ...
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Xingcheng Xingcheng (), former name Ningyuan (), is a county-level city of southwest Liaoning province, China, with a population of approximately 140,000 urban inhabitants, and is located on the Liaodong Bay, i.e. the northern coast of the Bohai Sea. Curren ...
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Liaocheng Liaocheng (), is a prefecture-level city in western Shandong province, China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Dezhou to the northeast, Tai'an to the south, and the provinces of Hebei and Henan to the west. The Grand ...
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Kaifeng Kaifeng () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Henan province, China. It is one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and is best known for having been the Chinese capital during the Nort ...
* Qiansuo in
Huludao Huludao (), formerly known as Jinxi () until 1994, is a coastal prefecture-level city in southwestern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Its name literally means "Gourd Island", referring to the fiddle-shaped contour of the peninsu ...
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Datong Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China. It is located in the Datong Basin at an elevation of and borders Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. As of the 2020 cens ...
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Daming County Daming County is a county under the jurisdiction of Handan City in far southern Hebei Province, China. It was formerly one of the capitals of the Northern Song. History left, 150px, Song China It was formerly known as Beijing under the Norther ...
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Yongtai Fortress Yongtai Fortress is a village and historical fortress town in Sitan Township, Jingtai County, Baiyin City, Gansu, China. Built in 1608 by the Ming dynasty rulers to defend against attacks from northern minorities, it stationed 2000 infantrymen an ...
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Jingzhou Jingzhou () is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei province, China, located on the banks of the Yangtze River. Its total residential population was 5,231,180 based on the 2020 census, 1,068,291 of whom resided in the built-up (''or metro' ...
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Kowloon Walled City Kowloon Walled City was an ungoverned and densely populated ''de jure'' Imperial Chinese enclave within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong. Originally a Chinese military fort, the walled city became an enclave after the New Ter ...
, a former enclave of Hong Kong *
Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...
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City Wall of Nanjing The City Wall of Nanjing () was designed by the Hongwu Emperor (1328–1398) after he founded the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) and established Nanjing as the capital in 1368. To consolidate his sovereignty and defend the city against coastal pirate ...
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Linhai Linhai (; Tai-chow dialect: Lin-he) is a county-level city in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province situated on the banks of the Lin River in Eastern China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,114,146 inhabitants even though its built-up (''or met ...
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Qufu Qufu ( ; ) is a city in southwestern Shandong province, East China. It is located about south of the provincial capital Jinan and northeast of the prefectural seat at Jining. Qufu has an area of 815 square kilometers, and a total population of ...
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Taiyuan Taiyuan (; ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; also known as (), ()) is the capital and largest city of Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province. ...
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Jinyuan District Jinyuan District () is one of six districts of the prefecture-level city of Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, North China. See also * Jinci The Jinci or Jin Temple (晉祠) is the most prominent temple complex in Shanxi, China. It ...
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Pingyao Pingyao, officially Pingyao Ancient City, is a walled city in central Shanxi, China, famed for its importance in Chinese economic history and for its well-preserved Ming and Qing urban planning and architecture. Administratively, it comprises ...
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Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
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Old City (Shanghai) The Old City of Shanghai (; Shanghainese: ''Zånhae Lo Zenshian''), also formerly known as the Chinese city, is the traditional urban core of Shanghai. Its boundary was formerly defined by a defensive wall. The Old City was the county seat for t ...
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Songpan Songpan; former Songzhou, is a county of northwestern Sichuan province, China, and is one of the 13 counties administered by the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It has an area of , and a population of approximately 68,000 composed o ...
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Xi'an Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by #Name, other names, is the list of capitals in China, capital of Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province. A Sub-provincial division#Sub-provincial municipalities, sub-provincial city o ...
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Xi'an Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by #Name, other names, is the list of capitals in China, capital of Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province. A Sub-provincial division#Sub-provincial municipalities, sub-provincial city o ...
has well-preserved walls with a water filled moat that is a tourist attraction incorporating small parks surrounding a busy and modern area of the city. *
Zhengding Zhengding (), originally Zhending (), is a county in southwestern Hebei Province, North China, located approximately south of Beijing. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shijiazhuang, the capital of the province, and h ...
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Guyuan (), formerly known as Xihaigu (, Xiao'erjing: قُ‌يُوًا شِ), is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It occupies the southernmost section of the region, bordering Gansu provin ...
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Walled village A walled village () is a type of large traditional multi-family communal living structure found in China, that is designed to be easily defensible. It is completely surrounded by thick defensive walls, protecting the residents from the attack o ...
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Mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...
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Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
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India

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Agra Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital New Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is ...
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Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...
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Amravati Amravati (pronunciation (help·info)) is the second largest city in the Vidarbha region and ninth largest city in Maharashtra, India. It is administrative headquarters of Amravati district and Amravati division which includes Akola, Buldha ...
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Amritsar Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...
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Datia Datia is the district headquarter of the Datia District in north central Madhya Pradesh,a state of Central India. It is an ancient town, mentioned in the Mahabharata ruled by King Dantavakra. The city is 78 km from Gwalior, 325  ...
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Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
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Dholavira Dholavira ( gu, ધોળાવીરા) is an archaeological site at Khadirbet in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District, in the state of Gujarat in western India, which has taken its name from a modern-day village south of it. This village is f ...
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Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
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Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...
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Jaisalmer Jaisalmer , nicknamed "The Golden city", is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, located west of the state capital Jaipur. The town stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone and is crowned by the ancient Jaisalmer Fort. This fort contains a ...
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Jodhpur Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Ki ...
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Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...
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Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
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Udaipur Udaipur () (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura''), historically named as Udayapura, is a city and municipal corporation in Udaipur district of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarter of Udaipur district. It is the historic capit ...
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Warangal Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 704,570 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an . Warangal ser ...
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Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
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Mhow Mhow, officially Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, is a town in the Indore district in Madhya Pradesh state of India. It is located south-west of Indore city, towards Mumbai on the old Mumbai-Agra Road. The town was renamed as ''Dr. Ambedkar Nagar'' in 20 ...


Indonesia

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Bogor Bogor ( su, , nl, Buitenzorg) is a city in the West Java province, Indonesia. Located around south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide.Pakuan Pajajaran Pakuan Pajajaran (or ᮕᮊᮥᮝᮔ᮪ᮕᮏᮏᮛᮔ᮪/ Dayeuh Pakuan/Pakwan or Pajajaran) was the fortified capital city of Sunda Kingdom. The location is roughly corresponds to modern Bogor city in West Java, Indonesia, approximately around t ...
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Sunda Kingdom The Sunda Kingdom ( su, , Karajaan Sunda, ) was a Sundanese Hindu kingdom located in the western portion of the island of Java from 669 to around 1579, covering the area of present-day Banten, Jakarta, West Java, and the western part of Centra ...
, was surrounded by defensive moats and walls. Now the area is part of the modern city of Bogor. *
Jogjakarta Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...
An 18th century wall made by Hamengkubuwono the 1st from the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Kingdom to protect the inner capital city from the Dutch and other enemies during the Mataram Kingdom period. Today, 96% of the wall still exists and is a local landmark. *
Surakarta Surakarta ( jv, ꦯꦸꦫꦏꦂꦠ), known colloquially as Solo ( jv, ꦱꦭ; ), is a city in Central Java, Indonesia. The 44 km2 (16.2 sq mi) city adjoins Karanganyar Regency and Boyolali Regency to the north, Karanganyar Regency and Sukoh ...
On 17 February 1745, the Surakarta Kingdom moved to a new opened forest named Sala Village and build their Royal Residential Palace and urban area with a 15 kilometers long of "Beteng Kraton" or Palace wall around it. As of 2022, 90% of the city walls still remain. * Surosowan Well known as Banten Kingdom's capital. The wall was destroyed by the Dutch during its colonial period in the way to ended the Banten reign. The city wall that left is only about 10% from the real appearance. *
Trowulan Trowulan is an archaeological site in Trowulan (subdistrict), Trowulan Subdistrict, Mojokerto Regency, in the Indonesian province of East Java. It includes approximately 100 square kilometres and has been theorized to be the site of the eponymo ...
Trowulan was the capital of the former
Majapahit Empire Majapahit ( jv, ꦩꦗꦥꦲꦶꦠ꧀; ), also known as Wilwatikta ( jv, ꦮꦶꦭ꧀ꦮꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦠ; ), was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist thalassocratic empire in Southeast Asia that was based on the island of Java (in modern-day Indonesia ...
. When its glory period, the capital being a first European systemized ancient city (with city canal system for transportation and also large aisle and road for major transportation) in Indonesia, because Trowulan was developed in Majapahit's glory period in 13th–15th century. The wall was protecting the inner "Kraton" or royal palace and some important places. Today the wall can't be seen as the original appearance.


Iran

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Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
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Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As o ...
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Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
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Yazd Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Worl ...


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Babylon ''Bābili(m)'' * sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 * arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel'' * syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel'' * grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn'' * he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel'' * peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru'' * elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...
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Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...
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Basra Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is hand ...
* Arbil (central city, fully intact)


Israel/Palestine

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Acre The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imp ...
 – 18th-century modern Ottoman fortification able to withstand cannon attack. The wall has been restored and now includes a rampart for tourists. *
Jaffa Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the b ...
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Safed Safed (known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardi Hebrew, Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation, Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), i ...
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Tiberias Tiberias ( ; he, טְבֶרְיָה, ; ar, طبريا, Ṭabariyyā) is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism's Fo ...
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Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
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Book of Nehemiah The Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, largely takes the form of a first-person memoir concerning the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile by Nehemiah, a Jew who is a high official at the Persian court, and the dedic ...
is a narrative of
Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
rebuilding the city's walls during the
return to Zion The return to Zion ( he, שִׁיבָת צִיּוֹן or שבי ציון, , ) is an event recorded in Ezra–Nehemiah of the Hebrew Bible, in which the Jews of the Kingdom of Judah—subjugated by the Neo-Babylonian Empire—were freed from the ...
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Lebanon

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Baalbek Baalbek (; ar, بَعْلَبَكّ, Baʿlabakk, Syriac-Aramaic: ܒܥܠܒܟ) is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, about northeast of Beirut. It is the capital of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. In Greek and Roman ...
: sections of the Arab fortifications (built with stones from Roman structures) can still be seen around the Acropolis and the old town * Batroun: the town is known for its 225 m long Phoenician seawall. There was also a 9th-century BC citadel, parts of which are still visible *
Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
: sections of the Phoenician and Roman fortifications and Ottoman citadel have been unearthed in the city's central district. The famous walls erected by Emir Fakhruddin II have yet to be recovered. * Byblos: the old town is surrounded by medieval walls, with a castle standing at their Southern edge *
Sidon Sidon ( ; he, צִידוֹן, ''Ṣīḏōn'') known locally as Sayda or Saida ( ar, صيدا ''Ṣaydā''), is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital, on the Mediterranean coast. ...
: little remains today of the city's medieval fortifications, except the Castle of St. Louis.


Malaysia

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Malacca Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. Its capital is Malacca City, dubbed the Historic City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site si ...
– Built by the Portuguese after the city's occupation in 1511, it was torn down by the British in 1806. Known locally as the A Famosa.


Pakistan

Almost every old city in Pakistan had a defensive wall. Much of these walls were destroyed by the British in order to refortify the cities. Few cities which were fortified are: *
Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
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Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
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Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the List ...
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Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...
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Palestine

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Old City of Jerusalem The Old City of Jerusalem ( he, הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה, translit=ha-ir ha-atiqah; ar, البلدة القديمة, translit=al-Balda al-Qadimah; ) is a walled area in East Jerusalem. The Old City is traditionally divided into ...
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Nablus Nablus ( ; ar, نابلس, Nābulus ; he, שכם, Šəḵem, ISO 259-3: ; Samaritan Hebrew: , romanized: ; el, Νεάπολις, Νeápolis) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank, located approximately north of Jerusalem, with a populati ...
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Ancient Jericho Ancient history is a time period from the History of writing, beginning of writing and recorded human history to as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian language, Sumerian c ...


Philippines

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Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 ...
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Fort San Pedro Fort San Pedro ( es, Fuerte de San Pedro) is a military defense structure in Cebu, Philippines, built by the Spanish under the command of Miguel López de Legazpi, first governor of the Captaincy General of the Philippines. It is located in ...
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Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...
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Intramuros Intramuros (Latin for "inside the walls") is the historic walled area within the city of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. It is administered by the Intramuros Administration with the help of the city government of Manila. Present-day I ...
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Olongapo Olongapo, officially the City of Olongapo ( fil, Lungsod ng Olongapo; ilo, Siudad ti Olongapo; xsb, Siyodad nin Olongapo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Located in the province of Zambales ...
("Spanish Gate") *
Ozamiz Ozamiz, officially the City of Ozamiz ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Ozamiz; fil, Lungsod ng Ozamiz), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 140,334 people. A ...
(Fuerte de la Concepción y del Triunfo) * Zamboanga (see
Fort Pilar The Real Fuerte de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza (''Royal Fort of Our Lady of the Pillar of Saragossa''), also Fort Pilar, is a 17th-century military defense fortress built by the History of the Philippines (1521–1898), Spanish colonial g ...
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South Korea

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Dongnae Dongnae District is a '' gu'' in central Busan, South Korea. Administrative divisions It has a population of about 300,000, and an area of 16.7 square kilometers. It was once a separate city, the principal port of southeastern Korea. Numerous ...
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Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ...
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Dongnaeeupseong The Dongnaeeupseong Fortress is located on Dongnae-gu, Busan Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea. Traditionally in Korea, a wall-fortress was erected in each town to keep it safe from invasions. In this area called Dongnae, there were some ...
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Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
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Fortress Wall of Seoul The Fortress Wall of Seoul (Hanja: 서울 漢陽都城; Hangul: 서울 한양도성;), or literally the Seoul City Wall is a series of walls made of stone, wood and other materials, built to protect the city of Seoul against invaders. The wall w ...
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Suwon Suwon (, ) is the capital and largest city of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea's most populous province which surrounds Seoul, the national capital. Suwon lies about south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety". With a populati ...
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Hwaseong Fortress Hwaseong Fortress or Suwon Hwaseong is a fortification surrounding the centre of Suwon, the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, in South Korea. It was built from 1794 to 1796 by King Jeongjo of the Joseon dynasty to house and honour the remains of ...
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Gwangju, Gyeonggi Gwangju () is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, a suburb southeast of Seoul. The city is not to be confused with the much larger Gwangju Metropolitan City, former capital of South Jeolla Province, South Korea. History ''Bunwon-ri'' in Gw ...
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Namhansanseong Namhansanseong is a historical mountain fortress city 25 km southeast of Seoul, South Korea. It sits approximately 480 m above sea level and is aligned with the ridges of the mountain for maximum defensibility. The fortress, stretchin ...
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Goyang Goyang (''Goyang-si''; ) is a city in Gyeonggi Province in the north of South Korea. It is part of the Seoul Capital Area, making Goyang one of Seoul's satellite cities. It is one of the largest cities in the Seoul Capital Area, with a populatio ...
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Bukhansanseong The Bukhansanseong ( ko, 북한산성, "fortress of the mountains north of the Han") is a fortress located in Gyeonggi-do and Seoul, South Korea, dating back to the middle Joseon period. The present fort was completed in 1711, though plans for ...
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Sri Lanka

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Galle Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Souther ...
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Galle Fort Galle Fort ( si, ගාලු කොටුව ''Galu Kotuwa''; ta, காலிக் கோட்டை, translit=Kālik Kōṭṭai), in the Bay of Galle on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, was built first in 1588 by the Portuguese, then ext ...
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Matara Fort The Matara Fort ( si, මාතර බලකොටුව ''Mathara Balakotuwa''; ta, மாத்தறைக் கோட்டை, translit=Māttaṟaik Kōṭṭai) was built in 1560 by the Portuguese and was substantially re-built by the Dutc ...
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Syria

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Homs Homs ( , , , ; ar, حِمْص / ALA-LC: ; Levantine Arabic: / ''Ḥomṣ'' ), known in pre-Islamic Syria as Emesa ( ; grc, Ἔμεσα, Émesa), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level ...


Taiwan

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Changhua Changhua (Hokkien POJ: ''Chiong-hòa'' or ''Chiang-hòa''), officially known as Changhua City, is a county-administered city and the county seat of Changhua County in Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. For many centuries the site was h ...
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Fongshan Fongshan District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency () is a district located in southern Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Fongshan is one of the administrative centers of Kaohsiung and is home to the Republic of China Military Academy. ...
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Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...
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Hengchun Hengchun Township is a township located on the southern tip of the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the southernmost township in Taiwan. Hengchun is also the only urban township in the southern part of Pingtung County. Hengch ...
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Hengchun Old Town Hengchun Old City Wall () refers to the historic castle town of Hengchun, Pingtung, Taiwan. The town is known for its well-preserved city walls that surround the city, and is the only castle town in Taiwan where all of the original gates remain ...
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Hsinchu Hsinchu (, Chinese: 新竹, Pinyin: ''Xīnzhú'', Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a city located in northwestern Taiwan. It is the most populous city in Taiwan Province not among the special municipalities, with estimated 450,655 inhabi ...
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Magong Magong ( POJ: ''Má-keng'') is a county-administered city and seat of Penghu County, Taiwan. Magong City is located on Penghu's main island. Name The settlement's temple honoring the Chinese Goddess Mazu, the deified form of Lin Monian ...
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Quemoy Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...
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Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" ...
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Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...
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Walls of Taipei The Taipei City Walls () were constructed in 1884 in Taipeh Prefecture, Taiwan, Qing dynasty (modern-day Taipei, Taiwan). Shortly after the Qing dynasty established Taipeh Prefecture in 1875, Prefect Chen Hsing-chü (陳星聚) ordered the foundati ...
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Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...
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Old City of Zuoying The Old City of Zuoying (), also known as the Old City of Fongshan County (), is a walled city located in Zuoying District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It was built during the Qing rule period and is one of the first Taiwanese cities fortified by a de ...
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Thailand

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Ayutthaya Ayutthaya, Ayudhya, or Ayuthia may refer to: * Ayutthaya Kingdom, a Thai kingdom that existed from 1350 to 1767 ** Ayutthaya Historical Park, the ruins of the old capital city of the Ayutthaya Kingdom * Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province (locally ...
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Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...
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Fortifications of Bangkok The fortifications of Bangkok consist of several series of defensive structures built to protect the city during the late Ayutthaya to early Rattanakosin periods. The earliest structures were built when Bangkok was an outpost of Ayutthaya guardi ...
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Chiang Mai Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...
was surrounded by a moat and city walls when it was established by King
Mangrai the Great Mangrai ( nod, ; th, มังราย; 1238–1311), also known as Mengrai ( th, เม็งราย),The name according to historical sources is "Mangrai", and this is used in most modern scholarly applications. "Mengrai", popularised by a 19 ...
in 1296. They were extensively rebuilt in the early 19th century. Large parts of the city walls and city gates of Chiang Mai survived till the present. * Chiang Rai *
Chiang Saen Chiang Saen may refer to: * Chiang Saen District, in Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand * Chiang Saen, a capital of the ancient Lanna The Lan Na Kingdom ( nod, , , "Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields"; th, อาณาจักรล้ ...
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Kamphaeng Phet Kamphaeng Phet is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in central Thailand, former capital of the Kamphaeng Phet Province. It covers the complete ''tambon'' Nai Mueang of the Mueang Kamphaeng Phet district. As of 2020, it has a population of 28,817. Hi ...
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Lampang Lampang, also called Nakhon Lampang ( th, นครลำปาง, ) to differentiate from Lampang province, is the third largest city in northern Thailand and capital of Lampang province and the Mueang Lampang district. Traditional names for La ...
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Lamphun Lamphun ( th, ลำพูน, ) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in northern Thailand, capital of Lamphun Province. It covers the whole ''tambon'' Nai Mueang of Mueang Lamphun district. As of 2006 it has a population of 14,030. Lamphun lies north ...
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Lopburi Lopburi ( th, ลพบุรี, , ) is the capital city of Lopburi Province in Thailand. It is about northeast of Bangkok. It has a population of 58,000. The town (''thesaban mueang'') covers the whole ''tambon'' Tha Hin and parts of Th ...
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Nakhon Ratchasima Nakhon Ratchasima ( th, นครราชสีมา, ) is one of the four major cities of Isan, Thailand, known as the "big four of Isan". The city is commonly known as Korat (, ), a shortened form of its name. It is the governmental seat of ...
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Nakhon Si Thammarat Nakhon Si Thammarat Municipality ( th, เทศบาลนครนครศรีธรรมราช, ; from Pali ''Nagara Sri Dhammaraja'') is a municipality (''thesaban nakhon'') in Southern Thailand, capital of Nakhon Si Thammarat prov ...
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Nan, Thailand Nan ( th, น่าน, ) is a town in northern Thailand. It is north of Bangkok. It is in the centre of Nan Province which bears its name, and of which it is the former administrative capital. It covers ''tambon'' Nai Wiang and parts of ''tamb ...
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Phayao Phayao () is a city (''thesaban mueang'') in northern Thailand, capital of Phayao Province. For administrative purposes the city is divided into 15 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 172 administrative villages. The t ...
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Phimai Phimai ( th, พิมาย) is a township (''thesaban tambon'') in Nakhon Ratchasima Province in northeast Thailand. As of 2005 the town had a population of 9,768. The town is the administrative center of the Phimai District. In the aftermath ...
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Phitsanulok Phitsanulok ( th, พิษณุโลก, ) is an important, historic city in lower northern Thailand and is the capital of Phitsanulok Province. Phitsanulok is home to Naresuan University and Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, as well as ...
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Phrae Phrae (; ) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in northern Thailand, capital of Phrae Province. The town occupies ''tambon'' Nai Wiang of Mueang Phrae District. It has an area of nine kilometres2 and a population of 17,971 (2005). Phrae is 555 km no ...
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Si Satchanalai The Si Satchanalai Historical Park ( th, อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์ศรีสัชนาลัย) is a historical park in Si Satchanalai district, Sukhothai Province, northern Thailand. The park covers the rui ...
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Songkhla Songkhla ( th, สงขลา, ), also known as Singgora or Singora (Pattani Malay: ซิงกอรอ), is a city (''thesaban nakhon'') in Songkhla Province of southern Thailand, near the border with Malaysia. Songkhla lies south of Ba ...
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Suphanburi Suphan Buri () is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in central Thailand. It covers ''tambon'' Tha Philiang and parts of ''tambons'' Rua Yai and Tha Rahat, all within the Mueang Suphan Buri District. As of 2006 it had a population of 26,656. The town ...
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Thonburi __NOTOC__ Thonburi ( th, ธนบุรี) is an area of modern Bangkok. During the era of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, its location on the right (west) bank at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River had made it an important garrison town, which is ...
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Wiang Kum Kam Wiang Kum Kam ( th, เวียงกุมกาม; nod, ᩅ᩠ᨿᨦᨠᩩᨾᨠᩣ᩠ᨾ) is an historic settlement and archaeological site along the Ping River, which was built by King Mangrai the Great as his capital before he moved it to C ...


Uzbekistan

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Bukhara Bukhara (Uzbek language, Uzbek: /, ; tg, Бухоро, ) is the List of cities in Uzbekistan, seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan, with a population of 280,187 , and the capital of Bukhara Region. People have inhabited the region around Bukhara ...
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Khiva Khiva ( uz, Xiva/, خىۋا; fa, خیوه, ; alternative or historical names include ''Kheeva'', ''Khorasam'', ''Khoresm'', ''Khwarezm'', ''Khwarizm'', ''Khwarazm'', ''Chorezm'', ar, خوارزم and fa, خوارزم) is a district-level city ...
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Samarkand fa, سمرقند , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from the top:Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zinda, ...
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Shahrisabz Shakhrisabz ( uz, Шаҳрисабз ; tg, Шаҳрисабз; fa, شهر سبز, shahr-e sabz: "city of green" / "verdant city"; russian: Шахрисабз) is a district-level city in Qashqadaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan. The Economic Co ...


Vietnam

* Cổ Loa *
Hà Nội Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...
* Huế * Bắc Ninh * Vinh * Thanh Hóa * Quảng Trị * Nam Định * Mạc citadel * Sơn Tây citadel


Yemen

* Sana'a * Shibam


Europe


Albania

* Berat * Butrint * Durrës * Elbasan – sizable remains of Roman walls * Krujë * Tepelenë


Austria

*Allentsteig *Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten Not walled but ditched and banked with gate towers. *Bleiburg *Bludenz *Braunau am Inn *Bregenz *Bruck an der Leitha – partially preserved *Bruck an der Mur *Donnerskirchen. *Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Drosendorf *Dürnstein *Ebenfurth *Eferding *Eggenburg *Eisenstadt *Enns (city), Enns *Fehring *Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Feldkirch *Friedberg, Styria, Friedberg *Freistadt – almost completely preserved *Friesach *Frohnleiten *Fürstenfeld *Gmünd, Lower Austria, Gmünd *Gmünd, Carinthia, Gmuend-in-Kaernten *Gmunden *Graz *Gross-Enzersdorf *Güssing *Hainburg an der Donau – almost completely preserved (2.5 km, 3 gates, 15 towers) *Hallein *Hall in Tirol – partially preserved *Hardegg *Hartberg *Haslach an der Muhl *Heidenreichstein *Herzogenburg *Horn, Austria, Horn *Judenburg *Kitzbuhel *Klagenfurt *Klosterneuburg *Knittelfeld *Korneuburg *Krems an der Donau, Krems *Kufstein *Laa an der Thaya *Leoben *Bad Leonfelden, Leonfelden *Leoben *Lienz *Linz *Litschau *Maissau *Marchegg – some segments preserved *Mautern an der Donau, Mautern – remains of the Roman fortress "Favianae" can be found at the western side of the old town. *Melk *Murau *Mürzzuschlag *Neumarkt am Wallersee *Neumarkt in Steiermark, Neumarkt *Obdach *Oberwölz *Oggau am Neusiedler See *Ottensheim *Peuerbach *Pöchlarn *Purbach am Neusiedler See *Raabs an der Thaya *Radfeld *Bad Radkersburg, Radkersburg *Radstadt – almost completely preserved wall (13th- to 16th-century); 3 round towers (1530s); 1 gate *Rattenberg *Retz *Ried im Innkreis *Rottenmann *Rust, Burgenland, Rust *St Andrä *Sankt Veit an der Glan *Sankt Pölten, St Pölten *Salzburg *Schärding *Scheibbs *Schladming *Schrattenthal *Schwanenstadt the settlement surrounded by a bank, surmounted by wooden palisade, with only a short length of wall adjacent to the ‘‘Stadtturm’’. *Stadtschlaining *Stainach *Krems an der Donau, Stein *Straßburg *Steyr *Steyregg *Traismauer *Tulln an der Donau *Vienna – destroyed and became the Ringstraße *Villach *Vils, Austria, Vils *Vöcklabruck *Völkermarkt *Voitsberg *Waidhofen an der Thaya *Waidhofen an der Ybbs *Weitra *Wels *Wiener Neustadt *Wilhelmsburg, Austria, Wilhelmsburg *Wolfsberg, Carinthia, Wolfsberg *Ybbs an der Donau *Zeiselmauer-Wolfpassing, Zeiselmauer. The Roman auxiliary fort was re-fortified by the Babenbergs in the 10th century, but never granted a market or charter. *Zistersdorf *Zwettl


Azerbaijan

* Baku, retains most of the city walls that separate the historic Inner City from the newer parts of the city developed after the 19th century.


Belgium


Bosnia and Herzegovina


Bulgaria

* Hisarya – the old Roman town is still almost entirely surrounded by the ruins of its defensive walls. * Nessebar - fortified island city * Nicopolis ad Istrum roman town, Nikyup, Veliko Tarnovo * Nicopolis ad Nestum roman town, Garmen, Gotse Delchev, Blagoevgrad Province * Novae (fortress), Novae roman town, Svishtov * Pliska as first capital of Bulgarian Empire, Danubian Bulgaria * Plovdiv fortifications and walls – Eastern gate of Philippopolis, Hisar Kapia and Nebet Tepe * Preslav as capital of First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria * Silistra * Sozopol * Sofia – History of Sofia, established as walled city Ulpia Serdica by the Roman emperor Trajan * Varna, Bulgaria, Varna * Veliko Turnovo – three fortified hills – Trapezitsa (fortress), Trapezitsa fortress, Tsarevets (fortress), Tsarevets fortress and Sveta Gora make one city capital of Second Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria * Vidin


Croatia


Cyprus


Czech Republic

* Bechyně * Bělá pod Bezdězem * Benátky nad Jizerou * Beroun * Bochov * Bor (Tachov District), Bor u Tachova * Brno * Broumov * Bruntál * Čáslav * Česká Lípa * České Budějovice * Český Brod * Český Dub * Český Krumlov * Cheb * Chrudim * Chyše * Dačice * Domažlice * Dvůr Králové nad Labem * Frýdlant * Fulnek * Havlíčkův Brod * Hlučín * Horažďovice * Horšovský Týn * Hostinné * Hradec Králové *Hranice (Cheb District), Hranice *Jablonné v Podještědí *Jaroměř *Jindrichuv Hradec *Jevíčko *Jičín *Jihlava – Large parts of the town walls remain to the south, west and east side of the medieval town. Some fragments remain on the north side. The fortifications are also a good example of a Zwinger. *Jindřichův Hradec *Josefov- originally known as Ples *Kadaň *Klatovy *Kolín *Kostelec nad Labem *Kouřim *Krnov *Kutná Hora *Kromeriz *Lanškroun *Lipník nad Bečvou *Litomyšl *Litovel *Locket, Loket (Sokolov District) *Louny *Mělník *Mladá Boleslav *Náchod *Nové Město nad Metují *Nový Bydžov * Nový Jičín * Nymburk * Odry * Olomouc * Opočno * Opava * Osoblaha * Ostrava * Ostrov (Karlovy Vary District), Ostrov * Pardubice * Písek * Planá u Mariánských Lázní * Plzeň * Plumlov * Polička – Close to 80% of Policka's town walls survive today, in an excellently preserved condition. * Prachatice * Prague Hradčany * Prague Malá Strana * Prague Old Town (Prague), Staré Město * Prague New Town, Prague, Nové Město * Prague Vyšehrad * Přelouč * Prostějov * Přerov * Rabštejn nad Střelou * Rakovník, Rakovnik * Rataje nad Sázavou * Rokycany * Rožmitál pod Třemšínem * Slaný * Soběslav * Sobotka * Stará Boleslav * Šternberk * Štramberk * Strážnice * Stříbro * Svitavy * Šumperk * Sušice * Tábor * Tachov * Teplá * Tovačov * Třeboň * Trutnov * Toužim * Uničov * Ústí nad Orlicí * Valtice * Velvary * Vidnava * Vraný * Vysoké Mýto * Zábřeh * Zákupy * Žatec * Žlutice * Znojmo – In Znojmo, more than half of the walls are preserved, with large parts of the zwinger surviving.


Denmark

* Fredericia, extensive renaissance ramparts to the north and west of the city and sea facing ramparts. * Copenhagen, extensive renaissance ramparts to the south and east, trace remains to the north and west, nice fort at the harbor mouth, three small island fortlets outside the harbor entrance. * Nyborg – the remains include three preserved bastions, a town gate and the old town is still mostly surrounded by a moat indicating the locations of the other (now demolished) bastions. * Stege, Denmark, Stege, One of the town gates, the Mølleporten, still remains. Most of the earthwork rampart and dry ditch surrounding the town center still remain.


Estonia

*Pärnu, a rampart with two bastions, a moat and a town gate remain to the west of the old town. It is now transformed into a park, the Valli Park. *Tallinn (and Toompea), see Tallinn City Walls, most of the wall and towers remains *Tartu, very few sections remained


Finland

* Hamina Surrounded by about 4–5 km long star-shaped walled fortification * Lappeenranta The old center of the town is located inside a fortress * Loviisa It was planned to build a full fortress around the town, but only two bastions were complete * Suomenlinna An inhabited sea fortress off the coast of Helsinki


France

* Acquigny * Agde * Aigues-Mortes * Ainay-le-Château * Aire-sur-la-Lys * Aix-en-Provence * Alençon, Orne * Amance, Haute-Saône * Amboise, Indre-et-Loire * Ammerschwihr * Angers, Maine-et-Loire * Angoulême * Antibes * Apt, Vaucluse, Apt * Ardres * Arles * Arras * Aubigny-sur-Nère * Auch * Autun * Auvet-et-la-Chapelotte * Avallon * Avesnes-sur-Helpe * Avignon * Avranches * Ayherre * Bâgé-le-Châtel * Bargème * Baux-de-Provence * Bavay * Bayonne * Bazas * Beaugency * Beaune * Beauvais * Béguios * Bellême * Bergheim, Haut-Rhin * Bergues * Besançon * Blois, Loir-et-Cher * Bœrsch * Boisseron * Bonneval, Eure-et-Loir * Bougue * Bourbon-Lancy * Bourges * Bourg-le-Roi * Briançon * Brignon * Briod * Bruch, Lot-et-Garonne * Cadillac, Gironde * Caen * Cahors * Campel * Capdenac * Carcassonne * Carignan, Ardennes * Caudebec-en-Caux * Cernay, Haut-Rhin * Chalon-sur-Saône * Champdieu * Champigneulles * Champlitte * Charleville-Mézières * Château-Thierry, Aisne * Châtelais * Châtillon-sur-Saône * Chéraute * Clermont-Ferrand * Cluny * Collonges-la-Rouge * Colmar * Colmars * Compiègne * Compreignac * Concarneau * Condé-sur-l'Escaut * Corbigny * Cordes-sur-Ciel * Cormery * Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire * Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique – Large parts of the walls remain, though partly in a ruinous state. Remains include several towers, stretches of curtain wall and three gates, the Porte de Laon, Porte de Soissons and the Porte de Chauny. * Courthézon * Crécy-la-Chapelle – fragmentary remains * Créquy * Cucuron * Cuiseaux * Cusset * Dachstein, Bas-Rhin * Dambach-la-Ville * Dax, Landes * Decize * Die, Drôme * Diemeringen * Dieppe, Seine-Maritime * Dinan * Dole, Jura * Domfront, Orne * Domme, Dordogne * Dun-sur-Auron * Espalion * Eu, Seine-Maritime * Évreux * Falaise, Calvados * Faucogney-et-la-Mer * Feurs * Figeac * Fos-sur-Mer * Fougères * Fréjus, Var * Givet * Granville, Manche * Grenoble * Guémar, Haut-Rhin * Guérande * Hennebont * Herrlisheim-près-Colmar * Hesdin * Hiers-Brouage * Honfleur * Île-d'Aix * Illfurth * Issoudun, Indre * Isturits * Joigny * La Cavalerie * La Charité-sur-Loire * La Chassagne * La Couvertoirade * La Groutte * La Martyre * La Roche-de-Glun * La Rochelle * La Roche-Posay * La Sauvetat, Puy-de-Dôme * La Turbie * Langres * Lanneray * Lantabat * Laon * Larceveau-Arros-Cibits * Larressingle * Laval, Mayenne * Le Castellet, Var * Le Crozet * Le Malzieu-Ville * Le Mont-Saint-Michel * Le Palais * Le Poët-Laval * Le Quesnoy * Le Thor * Les Andelys * Les Cluses * Levens, Alpes-Maritimes, Levens * Loches – large parts remain intact. The upper town and the Loches castle are built on a hill which offers a strategic position over the surrounding countryside and the Indre river. The walls of the upper town remain largely intact and include the ruins of the Porte de Saint-Ours, the well preserved Porte Royale, long stretches of curtain wall and several towers and bastions. The walls of the lower town are partly demolished, but 4 towers, a few smaller later-added turrets, a long section of curtain wall and the well preserved Porte des Cordeliers and Porte Picois (which now serves as the City hall) still remain intact. * Loudun, Vienne * Lucéram * Maisod * Le Mans, Mans * Marcolès * Marsal, Moselle * Marville, Meuse * Maubeuge * Mende, Lozère * Mennetou-sur-Cher * Metz * Meursac * Molsheim * Monceaux-sur-Dordogne * Mondoubleau * Monpazier * Montarcher * Montbrison, Loire * Mont-de-Marsan * Monteux * Montfort-sur-Meu * Montivilliers * Mont-Louis * Montréal, Yonne * Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais * Montreuil-Bellay * Montverdun * Moret-sur-Loing * Morlaix * Mougins * Mouzon, Ardennes * Nabas, Pyrénées-Atlantiques * Nages-et-Solorgues * Nantes * Narbonne * Navarrenx * Neubois * Neuf-Brisach * Nevers * Nice, Alpes-Maritimes * Nieul-sur-l'Autise * Nîmes * Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon * Oberhaslach * Obernai * Oradour-sur-Glane, Haute-Vienne * Orange, Vaucluse * Orgon * Ostabat-Asme * Paris * Parthenay * Pérouges * Pertuis * Pesmes * Placey * Ploërmel * Poitiers, Vienne * Poligny, Jura * Pommiers, Loire * Pont-de-l'Arche * Pontgibaud * Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult * Pontoise * Pouilly-lès-Feurs * Prades-le-Lez * Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste * Provins * Puycelsi * Quimper, Finistère * Quintin * Rânes * Rauzan * La Réole * Revest-des-Brousses * Ribeauvillé * Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire * Rions * Riquewihr * Rocamadour * Rochefort, Charente-Maritime * Rocroi * Rodemack * Romenay * Rosheim * Rouffach * Roye, Somme * Ruoms * Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges * Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire * Sainte-Croix-sur-Buchy * Saint-Émilion, Gironde * Saintes, Charente-Maritime * Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon * Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes * Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry * Saint-Félix-Lauragais * Saint-Gence * Saint-Hippolyte, Haut-Rhin * Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port * Saint-Junien – A tower and remains of the curtain wall remain behind houses at the junction of the Boulevard de la République and the Rue de Brèche. * Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres * Saint-Léger-Magnazeix * Saint-Lô * Saint-Macaire * Saint-Marcouf, Manche * Saint-Martin-d'Arrossa * Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts * Saint-Omer * Saint-Pastour * Saint-Paul-de-Vence * Saint-Pompont * Saint-Suliac * Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières * Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans * Saint-Valery-sur-Somme – Large parts remain, including the Porte de Nevers, the Porte Jeanne d'Arc, stretches of curtain wall and some towers. A hill named Cap Hornu arises above the town which is the most likely and possible location of the Roman Saxon Shore fort and harbour named Locus Quartensis sive Hornensis. * Saint-Vérain * Saissac * Sarralbe * Sarrebourg * Saumur, Maine-et-Loire * Sauvain * Sélestat * Semur-en-Auxois * Senlis, Oise * Sens, Yonne * Septème * Sisteron * Soissons * Sorel-Moussel * Strasbourg * Suèvres * Thann, Haut-Rhin * Thionville, Moselle * Thouars * Tillac * Tincry * Toul, Meurthe-et-Moselle * Toulouse * Tours, Indre-et-Loire * Trôo * Turckheim * Uzès * Vabre * Vannes * Vaucouleurs, Meuse * Venasque * Vence * Verdun, Meuse * Vervins * Vézelay * Vianne * Vienne, Isère * Viens, Vaucluse * Vievy-le-Rayé * Villefranche-de-Conflent * Villeneuve-sur-Yonne * Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine * Vouvant * Wangen, Bas-Rhin * Wattwiller * Westhoffen * Wissembourg * Zellenberg


Germany

* Aachen, some parts of the inner walls still remain alongside Tempelgraben (at the corner with the Eilfschornsteinstraße and the corner with the Pontstraße), and at the back of the houses alongside Seilgraben. Of the outer walls three towers, the Langer Turm, Pfaffenturm and the Marienturm, still stand today. The two remaining city gates, Ponttor and Marschiertor, are among the best preserved gates in Germany. * Aach * Abensberg * Ahrweiler * Aichach * Altentreptow – the remains include some stretches of wall, a tower and two town gates, the Brandenburger Tor and the Demminer Tor. * Annaberg-Buchholz * Amberg * Amöneburg * Andernach * Arberg – only one town gate remains. * Arnstadt * Aschaffenburg * Aub – large sections of the walls remain, including some towers. One town gate remains, the Zentturm. * Babenhausen, Hesse, Babenhausen * Bad Colberg-Heldburg * Bad Frankenhausen * Bad Hersfeld * Bad Langensalza – large parts of the walls still remain today, including 12 wall towers and one city gate, the Klagetor. * Bad Münstereifel * Bad Neustadt an der Saale * Bad Orb * Bad Rodach * Bad Sooden-Allendorf * Bad Waldsee * Bad Wimpfen * Bacharach * Ballenstedt * Barby, Germany, Barby * Bautzen * Beilngries * Berching * Berlin had a defensive wall around the city from about 1250 until the mid-17th century, and a Berlin Customs Wall, Customs Wall from the mid-18th to the mid-19th centuries. The Berlin Wall that existed from 1961 to 1989 was claimed by the authorities of East Germany to be defensive, but in fact it was rather intended to prevent unauthorized emigration. Parts of Berlin's medieval wall still remain alongside the Littenstraße. * Bernau bei Berlin * Bernkastel – one town gate, the Graacher Tor, remains. * Besigheim * Blankenburg (Harz) * Bodenwerder * Boizenburg * Boppard * Bönnigheim – some parts of the walls and a town gate remain. * Brandenburg (town), Brandenburg * Buchen * Burgau * Burg bei Magdeburg * Burghausen, Altötting, Burghausen * Butzbach * Büdingen * Calbe * Chemnitz – only one tower remains, the Roter Turm (Red Tower). * Coburg * Cologne * Crailsheim – some remains are located north of the Ringgasse, including a wall tower. Another tower remains alongside the Grabenstraße. * Darmstadt * Dausenau – the walls remain almost intact. One town gate still remains, the Torturm. * Delitzsch * Demmin large parts of the city walls still remain alongside Nordmauer, Bauhofstraße and Südmauer. One town gate still remains, the Luisentor. * Dettelbach * Dillenburg * Dillingen an der Donau, Dillingen * Dilsberg * Dinkelsbühl – the medieval town walls remain fully intact, including 4 gates and 19 towers. * Dollnstein * Dömitz * Donauwörth * Dresden – Dresden's defensive walls were some of the first in Germany, inspired by the earlier Italian model. The walls surrounded both the ‘Old City’ south of the Elbe, and the ‘New City’ to the north. The walls, gates and moats were largely removed c. 1815, following the Napoleonic Wars, being deemed outmoded for modern warfare. Some small sections have been rediscovered and established as the Museum Festung Dresden https://web.archive.org/web/20160509160153/http://www.festung-dresden.de/de/festung_dresden/museum/ below the more famous Brühl Terrace. * Duderstadt * Duisburg * Ebern * Eberbach (Baden) * Eibelstadt * Eichstätt * Einbeck * Eisenheim * Ellwangen * Eltville am Rhein * Emden * Erding * Erlangen – some stretches of wall still remain alongside Nördliche Stadtmauerstraße, Wöhrstraße and Schulstraße. * Feuchtwangen * Fladungen * Forchheim (Oberfranken), Forchheim * Freiberg, Saxony, Freiberg * Freyburg, Germany * Freystadt * Friedberg, Bavaria * Freinsheim * Frickenhausen am Main * Fritzlar * Gangelt * Gardelegen – there are several remains of the old town wall, including the impressive Salzwedeler Tor, the remains of the Stendaler Tor, and some stretches of wall. * Gartz (Oder) – The remains of the walls around the medieval town include some sizable stretches of walls, towers and one town gate, the Stettiner Tor. * Geisa * Gelnhausen * Germersheim * Gerolzhofen * Göllheim – two town gates are preserved, the Kerzenheimer Tor and the Dreisener Tor. One tower remains, the Ulrichsturm. * Gräfenberg, Bavaria, Gräfenberg – the remains include three well-preserved town gates, the Egloffsteiner Tor, the Hiltpoltsteiner Tor and the Gesteiger Tor. Some parts of the walls still remain adjacent to the Gesteiger Tor and at the back of the houses alongside Am Gesteiger and Schulgasse. * Grebenstein – most of the medieval walls are still surrounding the old town. One town gate remains, the Burgtor. * Greding * Grimma * Grimmen one tower still remains, the Wasserturm. All three of the original town gates also remain, the Stralsunder Tor, Greifswalder Tor and the Mühlentor. * Großostheim * Gundelfingen an der Donau * Gundelsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Gundelsheim * Gunzenhausen * Güstrow – remains of the walls remain south of the cathedral and alongside the Gelviner Mauer. The town * Haldensleben * Hannoversch Münden * Hattingen * Heidelsheim – one town gate and a wall tower still remain today. * Heidingsfeld, today part of Würzburg * Heilbad Heiligenstadt * Herborn (Hesse), Herborn * Herrieden * Hildburghausen * Hirschhorn * Haldensleben * Hammelburg * Hardgesen * Hollfeld – the remains include one town gate, the Obere Tor, and some parts of the walls to the south of the old town. * Homberg, Efze * Horn, Austria, Horn * Höchstadt an der Aisch * Höchstädt an der Donau * Horb am Neckar – large sections of the walls still remain. One town gate, the Ihlinger Tor, still remains, and some towers still remain, most notably the Schurkenturm and the Schütteturm. * Höxter * Hünfeld * Ingelheim am Rhein – sizable remains, including stretches of wall, the Malakoffturm, the Bismarckturm, Ohrenbrückertor, Uffhubtor and the ruined Heidesheimer Tor. The medieval town centre also houses the ruins of the Ingelheimer Kaiserpfalz. * Ingolstadt * Iphofen * Jena * Kallenhardt * Karlstadt am Main * Alt Kaster – The old medieval town of Kaster now forms part of Bedburg. The town walls remain largely intact, including 2 town gates and several towers. * Kaub * Kaufbeuren * Kemnath – several sections and towers of the walls remain around the medieval town. The eastern town gate was later converted into a church tower. * Kempen, Germany, Kempen – some parts of the walls still remain. They include the Kuhtor, a well-preserved town gate, the Mühlenturm and the remains of another town gate, the Peterstor. * Kindelbrück * Kirchberg an der Jagst * Kirchhain * Kirchheim unter Teck * Kitzingen * Kroppenstedt * Korbach * Kranenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Kranenburg * Kronach * Kulmbach * Kuppenheim * Kyritz * Ladenburg * Landsberg am Lech * Landshut * Langenzenn * Laucha an der Unstrut * Lauchheim * Lauingen * Lauf an der Pegnitz * Laufen, Germany, Laufen * Lauffen am Neckar – the old town consists of three parts. While the town is divided by the river Neckar, the castle stands on a small island circled by the river. On the left bank there is a sizable stretch of wall is located next to the church. On the right bank, some towers, stretches of wall and the Neues Heilbronner Tor still remain. * Leipheim * Leipzig – remains include the Moritzbastei bastion. * Leonberg * Leutershausen * Löbejün * Lohr am Main * Lübben * Luckau * Magdeburg * Mainbernheim * Maintal – large sections of the walls still remain, notably to the north of the medieval town. * Mainz – the remains include the well-preserved square-shaped citadel, the medieval Alexanderturm, and the remains of a bastion alongside the Augustusstraße. * Malchin two town gates still remain, the Kalensches Tor and the Steintor. Some parts of the walls to the south and east of the town still remain. * Marbach am Neckar * Markt Einersheim – two town gates still remain. * Marktbreit * Mayen * Meisenheim * Mellrichstadt * Memmingen * Meppen – the remains include a star shaped moat around the medieval town. * Merkendorf, Bavaria, Merkendorf * Meyenburg * Michelstadt * Miltenberg * Mindelheim * Möckmühl * Monheim, Bavaria, Monheim – two town gates remain, the Oberes Tor and the Unteres Tor. * Mühlhausen * Müncheberg * Munich has some of its former city gates still standing, and a section of its late 13th-century defensive wall. * Münnerstadt * Münzenberg – fragments of the walls remain, including two towers. * Monheim, Bavaria, Monheim – some stretches of wall still remain and both town gates, the Oberes Tor and the Unteres Tor, are preserved. * Nabburg * Naumburg * Neckarsulm * Neubrandenburg * Neubrunn, Lower Franconia, Neubrunn * Neuburg an der Donau – some parts of the medieval walls still remain, including the Unteres Tor. The trace of the later bastion earthworks, the so-called Untere Schanze, Elias Holl Schanze and Oberer Schanze, is still recognizable in the fields and from the air. * Neudenau * Neuenstadt am Kocher * Neuenstein, Hesse, Neuenstein * Neuleiningen * Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz * Neunkirchen am Brand – three town gates still remain, the Forchheimer Tor, the Erleinhofer Tor and the Erlanger Tor. * Neuss * Neustadt (Hessen) * Neustadt an der Aisch – substantial parts of the walls still remain, including some towers and a well-preserved town gate, te Nürnberger Tor. * Neustadt in Holstein – one town gate remains, the Kremper Tor. * Niedernberg – several stretches of the walls wall remain. One wall tower remains at the riverside end of the Turmgasse * Niedernhall – most of the town walls remain intact. * Nordhausen, Thuringia, Nordhausen * Nördlingen * Nürnberg * Obernburg am Main * Oberwesel * Ochsenfurt * Oebisfelde * Oettingen * Öhringen * Oldenburg (city), Oldenburg * Oppenheim – some stretches of the town walls remain near the ruins of Landskron castle. One town gate and two towers remain, the Gautor, the Ruprechtsturm and the Uhrturm. * Ornbau * Orsoy * Ortenberg, Hesse, Ortenberg * Oschatz * Ostheim * Paderborn * Pappenheim * Pasewalk * Tribsees – two town gates remain, the Steintor and the Mühlentor * Trier-Pfalzel * Pfullendorf * Pößneck * Potsdam * Prenzlau there are some good remains of the walls, especially North, East and South of the town. 4 gates still remain, the Steintor, Wasserpforte, Mitteltor and the Blindower Tor. The walls also include 25 towers. * Prenzlin * Prichsenstadt * Querfurt * Radolfzell am Bodensee * Ratingen * Ravensburg – three town gates still remain, the Frauentor, Obertor and the Untertor. Nine of the original ten wall towers still remain, most notably a tower named Mehlsack. * Recklinghausen two defensive towers and some portions of wall still remain today, north west of the old city. * Reichelsheim (Odenwald), Reichelsheim – three towers remain. * Bad Rodach, Rodach * Rees, Germany, Rees – large parts of the town walls still remain intact, mainly located at the riverside of the town and in the parks at the north-east and west side of the medieval town. * Rheinbach * Rheinberg * Rhens – the town walls remain largely intact. Three town gates still remain, the Rheintor, the Josephstor and the ruins of the Viehtor. * Rostock * Röttingen * Roth, Bavaria, Roth * Rothenburg ob der Tauber * Rottweil * Rüthen * Salzkotten * Salzwedel * Schleusingen * Schlüsselfeld * Schmalkalden * Schongau, Bavaria * Schrobenhausen * Schwaigern * Schwalmstadt – the remains of a town gate still survive, the medieval Lüdertor. The earthworks are mostly demolished, leaving a moat of which the course indicates the location of four round bastions. * Schweinfurt * Seehausen, Altmark, Seehausen – the moat still surrounds most of the medieval town. Fragments of the walls are to be found at the southern side of the old town. One town gate still remains, the Beustertor. * Seßlach * Seligenstadt – the remains include the Steinheimer Torturm, the Pulverturm and a tower at the Friedhofsmauer. * Segnitz * Soest, Germany, Soest – 2.5 km of the town walls (1180) are still intact, also a town gate ("Osthofentor", with the world largest collection of crossbow bolts) and a defense tower ("Kattenturm"). * Sommerach * Sömmerda * Sommerhausen * Spalt * Spangenberg * Stade * Staßfurt * Stadt Blankenberg * Steinheim * Steinau an der Straße * Stendal – two town gates still remain. * Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sternberg * Stadtsteinach * Stralsund * Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Sulzbach – sizable parts of the walls and towers still remain. One town gate is preserved, the Rosenberger Tor. * Sulzfeld am Main * Tangermünde – most of the town walls still remain, including some towers. * Templin * Themar * Treysa – the remains are located mainly South, East and North of the old town. * Trier, portions of the city walls still exist, but the size of the Roman gate, the "Porta Nigra", gives evidence of the importance of the city. Other Roman remains include the baths, the Aula Palatina, Constantine Basilica, an amphitheater, and a 2nd-century AD Roman bridge. * Torgau * Überlingen * Uffenheim * Ulm, Ulm an der Donau * Villach * Villingen * Vilseck * Vilshofen an der Donau * Vellberg * Volkach * Waiblingen * Waldenburg, Saxony, Waldenburg * Waldfeucht * Wangen im Allgäu * Warburg (Westfalia) * Wassertrüdingen * Wemding * Weikersheim * Weil der Stadt * Weilrod – the only town gate still remains. * Weißenburg in Bayern, Weißenburg (Bavaria) * Werben (Elbe), Werben – one town gate still remains to the north east of the medieval town, the Elbtor. A tower with adjacent portion of the town wall remains to the west of the medieval town. * Wertheim am Main, Wertheim * Wettenberg * Windsbach * Winterhausen * Wittstock * Witzenhausen * Woldegk * Wolframs-Eschenbach * Worms, Germany * Wörth am Main * Wunsiedel 3 towers, small portions of the walls and a town gate (Koppetentor) still remain. * Würzburg * Xanten * Zeil am Main * Zerbst * Zons * Zülpich * Zwickau


Gibraltar

*Gibraltar


Greece

Many towns and cities still retain at least parts of their defensive walls, including: * Arta, Greece, Arta * Athens – mostly demolished, see city walls of Athens * Chania – see Fortifications of Chania * Chios (town), Chios * Corfu (city) * Drama, Greece – sizable parts of the town walls remain to the north and east side of the old town. Including 2 towers and stretches of wall. * Heraklion Candia Khandak – see Fortifications of Heraklion see siege of Candia – Arab and Byzantine walls still remain, about 20%, Venetian 7.5 km long walls, 95% still remain, 30.000 people live now inside the Venecian walls. Two gates, one castle in the sea (Koules) * Ioannina – see Ioannina Castle * Kastoria – fragmentary remains. * Kavala (a significant part of the seaside walls survive) * Kissamos * Komotini * Koroni – preserved fortifications of the castle and upper town. * Missolonghi * Monemvassia * Mystras * Nafplion * Nafpaktos, Naupactus * Preveza * Rethymno – see Fortezza of Rethymno * Rhodes – see Fortifications of Rhodes * Thessaloniki – see Walls of Thessaloniki * Veria (about 170 m of the Byzantine walls survive)


Hungary

* Buda – the Castle Hill is surrounded by preserved medieval and early modern fortifications. Only a short section survived from the walls of the Víziváros neighbourhood. * Pest, Hungary, Pest – segments of the 15th-century city walls are preserved inside the courtyards of later houses. * Sopron – medieval circle of walls partly built on ancient Roman foundations * Pécs – long sections of the medieval walls are preserved and freed to later intrusions. * Veszprém – walled old town on Castle Hill * Székesfehérvár – long sections of the medieval walls are preserved * Sárospatak * Vác – some segments and one tower preserved * Eger – some segments preserved, mostly demolished * Győr – the walls were demolished in the 19th century but segments are preserved * Mosonmagyaróvár – the walls were demolished in the 1820s * Szécsény – some segments of the city walls preserved


Republic of Ireland


Italy

* Acqui Terme – three town gates and remains of walls. * Acuto * Albenga – fragmentary remains, including stretches of wall and 3 town gates. * Alghero * Altamura – some remains; two gates are still visible, namely Porta Bari (Altamura), Porta Bari and Porta dei Martiri * Ancona * Anghiari * Aosta's Roman walls are still preserved almost in their entirety * Appignano * Aquasparta * Arcevia * Asolo * Assisi * Arezzo – Large parts of the town walls still survive, including several stretches of curtain wall, 6 bastions, 4 town gates and the well preserved citadel Fortezza Medicea. * Bagnacavallo – two town gates remain. * Bari – historically a walled port city on a promontory but only two bastions and a short section of the sea walls survived * Bassano del Grappa * Bastia Umbra * Belvedere Ostrense * Belluno * Bergamo – surrounding hill of the old city * Bisceglie * Bologna * Bosco Marengo – a large part of the north-western walls with towers are preserved. * Bozzolo * Brescia – the castle hill (called ''Cidneo Hill'') is surrounded by preserved medieval and Renaissance fortifications. Segments of Roman and venetian walls are partially survived * Brixen, Bressanone – the western gate remains as well as the north side where the houses serves as walls * Brindisi – several parts of the walls are preserved, including 5 bastions and two town gates, the Porta Lecce and the Porta Mesagne. * Bruneck, Brunico – three gates remain, the western, northern and eastern ones. * Busseto * Cagli * Cagliari * Camerino * Capua * Castel Bolognese – three wall towers still remain. * Castel del Monte, Abruzzo, Castel del Monte * Castel Goffredo – tiny fraction of the walls and a tower remain * Castelfranco Veneto – the old town is completely surrounded by medieval walls and a moat * Castelvetro di Modena * Castelsardo * Castiglion Fiorentino * Castiglione di Garfagnana * Castiglione del Lago's old town has fully preserved walls * Cesena * Cingoli * Cittadella – one of the best preserved walled towns in Italy, there's a small breach on the northwestern part (the walls are fully walkable) * Città della Pieve * Città di Castello * Cividale del Friuli – small part of the walls remain on the north east * Colmurano * Cologna Veneta – minor part of the walls remaining on the western side * Como – about 70% is remaining with a few towers * Cordovado – two town gates remain * Corinaldo * Corridonia * Cortona * Crema, Lombardy, Crema * Crotone * Domodossola – a tiny fraction remains behind the church * Este, Veneto – parts of walls still remaining * Fabriano * Faenza * Falerone * Fano – large sections of the Roman walls and towers are preserved. One town gate still remains, the Roman Arco di Augusto. * Felizzano * Ferrara – originally 13 km now 9 km remain * Firenzuola * Fiuggi * Florence * Foligno * Fossano – a minor part remains, particularly a bastion at the north end * Forlì – remains include the ruins of the Porta Schiavona. The foundations of a tower can be found in the roundabout at the Piazza Santa Chiara. * Gallipoli * Gemona * Genoa has partial fortifications still standing * Glurns Glorenza in Italian, the medieval stone walls fully encapsulate the old town * Gradara * Gradisca d'Isonzo – large part of the walls and towers still intact * Grosseto's star shaped town walls are almost completely intact. * Guardiagrele * Guastalla – a star-shaped road around the town indicates the trace of the fortifications. A wall tower still stands at the corner Via Giuseppe Verdi/Via Volturno. * Iglesias, Sardinia, Iglesias * Isernia * Ivrea * Jesi * Lanciano * Lazise – part of the northern and southern walls still intact, including several towers and 3 town gates. * Lecce * Lecco – small part of the walls remains on the north east * Leonessa * Livorno * Loano * Loro Piceno * Lucca * Macerata * Marostica – The defensive walls around the old town are fully intact. The walls are among the best preserved medieval defensive structures in Italy. Including 3 town gates, 20 towers and two castles, the Castello Superiore and the Castello Inferiore. * Marsala * Marta, Lazio, Marta * Massa Martana * Massa Fermana * Matera * Melfi * Messina – see Fortifications of Messina * Mignano Monte Lungo – the Porta Fratte town gate is the only remain of the medieval town walls. * Mondolfo * Monopoli * Montefalco * Montegiorgio * Montagnana – perfectly preserved medieval walls and one of the most impressive in Europe * Montappone – small fortified town. The town directly borders the walled town of Massa Fermana * Montecassiano * Montecatini Terme * Monte del Lago * Monte San Giusto – fragmentary remains, including an impressive town gate and a tower. * Monte San Pietrangeli * Monte San Savino * Monte Vidon Corrado * Muggia – remains include two towers, two stone bastions, two town gates and large stretches of the walls. * Naples * Nardò – several fragments of the walls still stand around the town, including many towers which are incorporated in houses. * Narni * Nettuno * Noale * Norcia * Novi Ligure * Orbetello * Orvieto * Ostra, Marche, Ostra * Ostuni * Otranto * Padova * Palmanova has fortress plan and structure, called a star fort it is a nine pointed citadel * Passignano Sul Trasimeno * Pavia * Perugia * Pesaro – the remains include two bastions, a curtain wall and a town gate, the Porta Rimini. * Peschiera del Garda – fortified town surrounded by water * Peschici * Petriolo * Piacenza has large sections of its Trace italienne, Renaissance walls still standing * Piglio * Piombino * Pisa * Pistoia * Pizzighettone – nearly completely surrounded by walls apart from a few breaches * Pollenza * Pontremoli * Portobuffolé – little town with a gate remaining * Portoferraio * Potenza Piceno * Pozzuoli * Prato * Procida * Rapagnano * Rapolano Terme * Ravenna * Reggio Emilia – very little remains of the medieval town walls. One town gate remains, the impressive Porta Santa Croce. A stretch of wall is located at the Viale Monte Grappa. * Candelo, Ricetto di Candelo – small town completely surrounded by walls * Rieti * Rimini * Riva del Garda – parts of the walls and two gates remain * Rome has Aurelian walls, walls since the Roman Empire * Rovereto – a part of the medieval stone walls remains on the eastern side * Sabbioneta – surrounded by a star fort * Salò – two gates remaining * San Costanzo – one of the smallest fortified towns in Italy * San Gemini * San Gimignano * San Severino Marche * San Vito al Tagliamento – part of the walls remain and three gates * Santarcangelo di Romagna – most of the medieval town wall remains around the old town, including long stretches of wall, a gate and several towers. * Sansepolcro * Sant'Angelo in Pontano * Sassari fragmentary remains, mainly at the north side of the old town. * Savignaro Sul Panaro * Sciacca * Senigallia * Serra De'Conti * Sesto al Reghena – two gates remain * Siena * Syracuse, Sicily, Siracusa * Soave, Veneto, Soave – town surrounded by medieval walls and three gates (Porta Bassano, Porta Vicentina and Porta Verona) * Soncino, Lombardy, Soncino – nearly completely surrounded by walls and a moat * Spilamberto – one town gate still remains. * Spilimbergo * Spoleto * Staffolo * Sulmona * Susa – fragmentary remains of Roman walls. The cathedral is built against the side of the Roman town gate Porta Savoia. Several parts of the walls and three lowered towers can be found alongside the Corso Unione Sovietica. * Talamone * Tarquinia * Termoli * Terra del Sole almost all town walls remain, with four bastion and two gate (Porta Romana and Fiorentina). Ideal-town of renaissance * Todi * Torino – the remains include the impressive Roman town gate Porta Palatina and 3 bastions with turrets and curtain walls in the park nearby the Porta Palatina. * torre San Patrizio * Torri del Benaco – minor part of the wall remaining on the south side * Trapani * Treia * Trevi, Umbria, Trevi * Treviso * Tuscania * Udine – fraction of the walls remain and two gates * Urbino * Urbisaglia * Verona * Veruccio * Venzone – medieval stone walls surrounding the town, partly rebuilt after the 1976 Friuli earthquake, 1976 earthquake * Vicenza large sections of the town walls still remain, mainly alongside the Viale Giuseppe Mazzini, Via Goivanni Cecciarini and the Via Legione Gallieno. Four town gates remain, the Porta San Bortolo, Porta Santa Lucia, Porta Castello and the Porta Santa Croce. * Villafranca di Verona – completely intact walls part of the castle * Sterzing, Vipiteno – a tower gate remains * Volterra
Vaste


Latvia

* Riga – the best preserved part of the old town walls is the Powder Tower, Riga, Powder Tower. Just north west of the Powder Tower remains a stretch of wall with a square tower. Foundations of the wall can be seen at Kalēju iela street, and there are fragments of a ruined wall at the site of a demolished building at Minsterejas iela street. The only remains of the earthen ramparts around the old town is a star shaped moat, now transformed into a park. * Cēsis * Daugavpils fortress (Not a true walled city, but a huge fortress with buildings) * Limbaži * Valmiera


Lithuania

* Vilnius city wall, Vilnius (Can be seen in some places) * Kaunas (Partially built)


Luxembourg

* Fortress of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City


Macedonia

* Ohrid * Skopje


Malta


Monaco

* Monaco


Montenegro

* Kotor * Bar, Montenegro, Bar * Budva * Herceg Novi * Kotor – built by Illyrian tribes in the 9th century and enlarged many times from the 13th century until the 19th century. * Podgorica * Sveti Stefan * Ulcinj


Netherlands


Norway

* Fredrikstad * Gamlebyen * Oslo (Akershus Fortress)


Poland

* Biała, Opole Voivodeship, Biała * Białogard * Bolesławiec – the old town has fragmentary remains of the old town wall, including several towers and stretches of wall. * Braniewo * Brodnica * Brzeg – a star-shaped park around the old town is what remains of the renaissance fortifications. Some parts of the moat still remain. The shape of seven bastions is recognizable from the air. * Bystrzyca Kłodzka * Chełmno – almost whole length of walls (2.2 km), with 17 watch towers and city gate, 13th and 14th centuries. * Chojna * Chojnice * Dąbie * Dzierżoniów * Gdańsk * Głogów * Gniew * Goleniów * Golub-Dobrzyń * Gorzów Wielkopolski * Grodków * Grudziądz * Gryfice * Gryfino * Jawor * Jelenia Góra * Kalisz * Kamień Pomorski * Kętrzyn * Kłodzko – the remains include the impressive citadel located on a hill north of the medieval town. * Kołobrzeg – a round basion and a part of the moat still remain. * Kostrzyn – the medieval town was entirely destroyed during World War II, only remaining some ruins of houses, the ruins of a church and the riverside fortified walls. The fortified walls include three bastions and a land gate. The remaining moat of an outer work is located north west of the ruined medieval town. * Koszalin * Kowalewo Pomorskie * Kożuchów * Kraków – only the barbican, Floriańska Gate, two watch towers and some traces preserved * Krapkowice * Kwidzyn * Legnica * Lębork – city ruins from the Medieval era * Lidzbark Warmiński * Lipiany * Lubań – partially preserved * Lubawa * Lubin * Lublin * Malbork – one gate and a round bastion still remain. Stretches of the walls still remain alongside the river in the direction of the famous Malbork Castle * Maszewo – the town walls are nearly complete, apart from two breaches made for the increasing traffic. The two original town gates are demolished, and an adjacent tower of one of the gates still remains. * Mieszkowice * Modlin Fortress * Myślibórz * Nowe – sizable parts of the walls remain. * Nowe Miasto Lubawskie – two town gates remain. * Nowogrodziec * Nysa, Poland, Nysa – there are large remains of the renaissance fortifications, notably to the east of the old town and to the north of the Nysa Klodzka river. There are several forts around Nysa. The remains of the medieval town walls include two land gates, the remains of a water gate, some towers and stretches of wall. * Olkusz * Olsztyn * Opole – the remaining walls are located in the north east corner of the medieval town. * Paczków – very well preserved walls with 19 towers and 3 gates * Pasłęk – large stretches of the walls remain intact, including two city gates * Poznań – city walls existed until the early 19th century (fragments remain); Fortifications of Poznań, Prussian fortifications were built in the 19th century * Prabuty * Prudnik – three watch towers * Przemyśl – partially preserved ruins * Pyrzyce – until World War II best preserved city walls in Pomerania region, from the 14th century * Sandomierz * Słupsk * Stargard – significant parts survived with 3 gates (including unique water gate – Brama Młyńska in Stargard Szczeciński, Brama Młyńska); one of the most interesting city walls in Poland * Starogard Gdański * Strzegom * Sulechów * Susz * Syców * Szczecin – to the east of the castle remains a well-preserved wall tower. Two town gates still remain. * Szprotawa * Szydłów – city walls with Krakowska Gate and watch towers built in the 14th century * Środa Śląska * Świebodzice * Świebodzin * Tarnów * Tczew * Toruń – several watch towers, three city gates and some sections (the longest and most impressive from Vistula) from the 13th to 15th centuries * Trzcińsko-Zdrój * Trzebiatów * Warsaw – partially preserved, partially restored after World War II, barbican restored * Wieluń * Wolin – only one bastion remains to the south of the town. * Wrocław * Ząbkowice Śląskie * Zamość – complete renaissance and 19th-century walls preserved * Złotoryja * Żagań * Żary


Portugal

* Almeida, Portugal, Almeida Vauban style fortress town. * Avis, Portugal, Avis (or Aviz) * Beja, Portugal, Beja * Bragança Municipality, Bragança – the old town is still completely surrounded with medieval walls, including all 12 towers and two gates. * Caminha * Castelo Branco, Portugal, Castelo Branco * Castelo de Vide * Chaves, Portugal, Chaves * Coimbra * Évora * Elvas Municipality, Elvas – Elvas is among the finest examples of intensive usage of the trace italienne (star fort) in military architecture. * Estremoz * Guarda, Portugal, Guarda * Guimarães * Lagos, Portugal * Lisboa, Portugal – There are fragments of a Fernandin Wall since the 13th century. * Marvão * Monção * Monsaraz * Monforte, Portugal, Monforte * Óbidos, Portugal, Óbidos * Olivenza * Peniche, Portugal, Peniche * Santarém, Portugal, Santarém * Setúbal – the remains of 5 bastions can be found around town. * Valença, Portugal, Valença * Vide (Seia), Vide * Vila Viçosa


Romania

* Alba Iulia * Bistriţa * Brașov * Cluj-Napoca * Constanța * Mediaș * Oradea * Orăștie * Sebeș * Sibiu * Sighișoara * Timișoara


Russia

;City walls *Derbent Fortifications, Derbent (a World Heritage site) *Izborsk *:ru:Белгородская стена, Moscow (the walls of the Bely Gorod have been dismantled, the Kitay-gorod wall for the most part too) *Pskov *Smolensk *Vyborg (two towers of the medieval wall remain, while one bastion on one side and a full set on the other remain from the bastioned fortifications) *Yaroslavl (only several towers still stand) ;Kremlins (citadels) *Astrakhan *Ivangorod fortress, Ivangorod *Kazan Kremlin, Kazan *Kolomna Kremlin, Kolomna *Moscow Kremlin, Moscow *Nizhny Novgorod *Novgorod Kremlin, Novgorod *Porkhov *Tobolsk *Tula, Russia, Tula *Zaraysk


Serbia

* Belgrade – ''Kalemegdan'' * Novi Sad – ''Petrovaradin'' * Bač (Serbia), Bač * Manasija – ''Manasija monastery, Resava'' * Niš * Pirot * Smederevo * Golubac * Maglič * Šabac


Slovakia

*Banská Bystrica *Banská Štiavnica – only one city gate left *Bardejov – walls almost completely preserved, with bastions and barbican *Beckov *Bojnice – large parts of the wall preserved, together with one of the city gates *Bratislava – only few structures have survived from Bratislava Fortifications, original fortifications. *Brezno *Fiľakovo *Komárno – baroque fortifications almost completely preserved *Košice *Kremnica – about two-thirds of the defensive walls around the town preserved, with several bastions and the city gate with barbican. *Krupina *Levice – parts of the defensive walls were found during an archaeological survey *Levoča – almost completely preserved *Modra – about two-thirds of the walls still standing, one bastion and one of the city gates *Nové Zámky *Pezinok – parts of the defensive walls visible on several locations of the town *Podolínec *Pukanec *Prešov – parts of the defensive walls were found during an archaeological survey *Sabinov *Skalica – large parts preserved *Spišská Kapitula *Svätý Jur *Trenčín – parts of the defensive walls were found during an archaeological survey *Trnava – mostly preserved, with several bastions and one city gate *Zvolen *Žilina


Slovenia

*Celje *Koper *Kranj – evidence of the 1st-century fortifications and parts of the medieval fortifications, with four of the original eight towers preserved *Ljubljana – In the 1st century AD, a Roman settlement called Emona, on the site of the present-day Ljubljana, was fortified with strong walls. A small section of the southern wall is still preserved to this day. Ljubljana got its medieval walls, like many other towns in Slovenia, in the 13th century *Maribor – 13th-century fortification, some segments of which, including four of the towers, are still preserved. The walls of Maribor withstood sieges by Matthias Corvinus in 1480/1481 and by the Ottoman Empire in 1532 and 1683 *Novo Mesto *Piran – 7th-century fortification, expanded between 1470 and 1533 *Ptuj – 13th-century fortification *Slovenj Gradec *Škofja Loka *Vipavski Križ


Spain

* A Coruña – fragmentary remains and 3 gates * Aínsa * Alarcón * Albarracín * Alburquerque, Badajoz, Alburquerque * Alcalá de Henares – has preserved 1,200 metres of walls dotted with 19 towers * Alcántara, Cáceres * Alcúdia * Almazán * Alquézar * Artajona * Astorga, Spain, Astorga * Atienza * Walls of Ávila, Ávila – has the most complete medieval walls in Spain, half of which is navigable on foot * Badajoz – has medieval walls and most of its renaissance fortress * Balaguer * Barcelona – has portions of a Ancient Rome, Roman wall * Béjar * Berlanga de Duero, Berlanga * Berlanga de Duero * Besalú * Brihuega * Buitrago del Lozoya – has complete medieval walls. * Burgos – has some sizable remaining parts of the town walls alongside the Paseo Cubos and to the north east of the castle, including 10 wall towers. There are also remaining towers at the Calle Trinidad and the Calle San Lesmes. Five gates still remain intact, the Arco de Santa Maria, the Arco San Martin, the Arco de San Esteban, the Arco de San Gil and the Arco de San Juan * Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma * Cáceres, Spain, Cáceres * Campo Maior, Spain, Campo Maior * Cartagena, Spain, Cartagena * Castellar de la Frontera * Cedeira – fragmentary remains * Ceuta * Ciudad Rodrigo – suffered several sieges in Napoleonic wars, walls remain intact * Ciutadella de Menorca * Coca, Segovia * Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba * Coria, Cáceres, Coria – the old town is still completely surrounded by medieval and Roman walls * Covarrubias, Province of Burgos * Cuéllar * Cuenca, Spain, Cuenca * Daroca * Frías, Province of Burgos * Galisteo, Cáceres, Galisteo – the town walls are completely preserved * Gijon * Girona * Granada * Zarza de Granadilla * Haza, Province of Burgos * Hondarribia * Huesca – fragmentary remains * Ibiza * Jerez de los Caballeros * Laguardia, Álava, Laguardia * Laredo, Cantabria, Laredo – two town gates still remain, the Puerta de Merenillo and the Puerta de Bilbao * Llanes * León, Spain, León – has an almost complete set of Roman walls dating back to the 3rd century AD, besides some parts built during the Middle Ages * Loarre * Lugo – has completely intact Roman walls. It is protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site * Maderuelo * Walls of Madrid – five walls * Maderuelo * Madrigal de las Altas Torres * Málaga * Mansilla de las Mulas * Manzaneda – Part of the medieval wall still remains, including one of the 3 gates * Mataró * Medina del Campo – fragmentary remains * Melilla – the old town is still fully enclosed by its impressive medieval walls * Mirambel * Molina de Aragón * Monforte de Lemos – most of the 13th century city walls have been preserved, including two gates. * Montblanc, Tarragona, Montblanc * Montfalco Murallat * Mora de Rubielos * Morella, Castellón, Morella * Niebla, Huelva * Olivenza – the oldest part of the town, the area adjacent to the medieval castle of Olivenza, still has well-preserved stretches of walls and towers, including two original town gates. Large parts of the later star-shaped Renaissance fortifications are also preserved, including 9 bastions and 1 town gate, the Puerta del Calvario * Olmedo, Valladolid, Olmedo * Oviedo – has preserved parts of its medieval walls * Palazuelos, Guadalajara, Palazuelos * Palma, Majorca * Pamplona * Pedraza, Segovia * Peniscola * Plasencia * Portillo, Valladolid – fragmentary remains * Rada * Rello * Requena, Valencia, Requena * Ronda – has almost complete walls (not counting the gorge which defends it on one side) * Salamanca * San Vicente de la Barquera – the old town has preserved the walls along with the castle * Santander, Spain, Santander – the old town had medieval defensive walls. A stretch of wall alongside Calle de Cadiz is all that remains * Santiago de Compostela – only a gate (Arco de Mazarelos) remains * Santillana del Mar – there are fragmentary remains of the medieval walls, including a stretch of wall alongside a car park southeast of the old town and a tower at the Plaza las Arenas facing to the north * Sasamón * Segovia – preserves parts of the wall plus three gates * Sigüenza * Talavera de la Reina * Tarifa * Tarragona * Tiedra – vestiges * Toledo, Spain, Toledo * Tortosa – large parts of the extensively fortified medieval town remain intact * Tossa de Mar * Tui, Pontevedra, Tui – a large part of both the 12th century wall and the 17/18th century fortifications has been preserved. * Urueña * Valencia – preserves portions of a Muslim wall and towers from Christians, Christian medieval age * Valladolid – vestiges * Vitoria-Gasteiz – fragmentary remains * Viveiro – fragmentary remains and 3 gates of the original 6Muralla urbana de Viveiro
* Xàtiva * Zamora, Spain, Zamora – the old town walls remain largely intact, especially at the north, west and riverside of the old town. * Zaragoza


Sweden

* City wall of Visby * Gothenburg has a part of the western city wall left, the bastion ''Carolus Rex (bastion), Carolus Rex'' at Esperantoplatsen (Esperanto square) and most of the city moat is still left. * Halmstad had renaissance ramparts. To the north of the old town a bastion with adjacent town gate remains, the Norre Port. To the south of the old town a bastion with a remnant of the moat remains. * Kalmar substantial remains of the walls. Sizable stretches of walls and a bastion remain to the south of the old town. To the east remain two bastions. To the north remain portions of wall near Fiskaregatan. To the west the shape of two bastions is clearly recognizable, with a ravelin in front of the remaining town gate Westport (Westgate). Two other town gates still remain, an unmanned gate of later date at the Skeppsbrogatan, and a gate at Skeppsbron. * Stockholm has a small remainder of the medieval city wall preserved. *Bohus Fortress


Switzerland

* Aarau – the remains of the medieval town walls include two town gates (the Haldertor and the Oberer Turm) and a tower (the Pulverturm) with an adjacent stretch of wall. * Altstätten * Arbon – the remains include some fragments of wall and a tower converted into a house. * Avenches * Baden * Basel * Bellinzona (Dominated by its three castles: Castelgrande, Castello di Montebello and Castello di Sasso Corbaro) * Biel * Bremgarten, Aargau, Bremgarten * Brugg * Bülach * Chur * Delémont * Diessenhofen * Frauenfeld * Fribourg * Geneva * Greifensee, Zürich, Greifensee * Grüningen * Gruyères * Ilanz * Laufen, Switzerland, Laufen * Lausanne * Lenzburg * Liestal – one town gate remains. * Lucerne – the wall on the northern bank of the Reuss (river), Reuss is well preserved and among the principal landmarks of the city. It is called Museggmauer and Stadtmauer. * Maienfeld * Meienberg, Sins, Aargau * Morges * Münchenstein * Murten: Medieval walls * Neuchâtel * Nyon * Olten * Orbe * Rapperswil * Regensberg * Rheinfelden (Aargau), Rheinfelden * Romont * Schaffhausen * Sempach * Solothurn – large parts still remain, including several walls, towers and a bastion. Two town gates remain, the impressive Baseltor and the Bieltor. * Steckborn * Sursee * Thun * Uznach * Wangen an der Aare * Werdenberg * Wiedlisbach * Willisau * Winterthur * Yverdon-les-Bains * Zofingen * Zug – the only remainder of the inner town walls is the Zeitturm (Clocktower), a medieval town gate. The remains of the outer town walls include four towers (the Kapuzinerturm, Knopfliturm, Huwilerturm and the Pulverturm), and some stretches of wall. * Zurich – the main remains are the Schanzengraben Zürich, Schanzengraben, and the shapes of several bastions are recognizable through the course of the moat. One bastions remains largely intact, and it now houses the Alter Botanischer Garten.


Turkey

* 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 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 (Homer), 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 Walls of Constantinople, Wall of Theodosius. This barrier stood impregnable for ten centuries and resisted several violent sieges until 1453 when the Ottoman Empire, Ottomans succeeded in breaching the walls. There was a new element in the battlefield: the Ottoman army had Gunpowder, powder cannon and the walls offered limited resistance to them. * Diyarbakır. Diyarbakır is surrounded by an almost intact, dramatic set of high walls of black basalt forming a circle around the old city. There are four gates into the old city and 82 watch-towers on the walls, which were built in antiquity, restored and extended by the Roman emperor Constantius in 349. * Osmangazi * Ankara * Çanakkale * İznik * Antalya * Sinop, Turkey, Sinop * Rize * Amasya * Bodrum * Alanya * Ani * Kuşadası * Pergamon * Assos * Bozcaada * Edirne * Trabzon. The most of the city walls are still standing and are among the city's oldest buildings. In fact, their oldest part can be dated back to the 1st century AD during the Roman Empire era. Historical sources provide information about older stages of their construction. Xenophon, who visited the city in the 5th century BC also mentioned the existence of city walls * Enez * Bursa * Sığacık


Ukraine

;City walls * Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi * Lviv (see Hlyniany Gate) ;Citadels and castles * Lutsk (see Lubart's Castle) * Medzhybizh (see Medzhybizh Fortress) * Uzhhorod (see Uzhhorod Castle)


United Kingdom


England


Northern Ireland


Scotland


Wales

* Aberystwyth * Beaumaris * Brecon * Caerleon (''Isca Augusta'') * Caerwent (''Venta Silurum'') * Caernarfon * Architecture of Cardiff#Early and medieval buildings, Cardiff * Cardigan, Ceredigion, Cardigan * Chepstow – Chepstow Port Wall, Port Wall * Cowbridge * Conwy * Denbigh * Hay on Wye * Kenfig * Kidwelly * Monmouth * Montgomery, Powys, Montgomery * Tenby * Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Pembroke * Old Radnor, Radnor


Vatican City

* Vatican City


See also

* Defensive wall * City gate * Fortification * List of walls * Wall * Stone wall * Medieval fortification


References

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