Living TRAVEL - CHINA

THE GREAT WALL at Badaling, 70 km NW of Beijing

 The Great Wall is the world's longest human-made structure, stretching over approximately 6,400 km (4,000 miles) from Shanhai Pass in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. It is also the largest human-made structure ever built in terms of surface area and mass.
 

  
The typical terrain through which the wall traverses
 


Every few kilometres along the wall was a fort encampment
 
At the top on the left can be seen a watchtower; and on the right we are looking through a "window" of the watchtower
 

 

 
 
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