Great Wall of China
China

Great Wall of China - 2400 kilometers long fortress

Where is located Great Wall of China?

Address of Great Wall of China is China
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When was built Great Wall of China?

Built date of Great Wall of China is 214 BC - start construction

Great Wall of China

Facts, informations and history of Great Wall of China

The longest building in the world runs from Shanhaiguan on the Gulf of Leia (Yellow Sea), through Inner Mongolia, to the Jiayuguan in the Qilian Shan mountains.

In the period of splendor, the building was over 7,600 km long, about 2400 km has survived to the present day. This is a distance equal to the distance between London and Moscow. The whole, along with side branches, has at least 21,000 km and runs the ridges of mountain ranges at an altitude of approx. 1000 m above sea level.

The Great Wall of China is the largest building ever erected by man. It served as a defense ramp against alien tribes of nomads who wanted to invade China.

Separate sections of the wall were built by individual feudal states. The combination of the building into one team, used to defend against nomadic Mongolian tribes and guarding the nearby Silk Road, occurred during the reign of the first emperor of the Cin (Qin) Szy Huang-ti (221-210 p.n.e.).

Its width at the base is approx. 6.5 m, while the height is 9 m. At the top, the wall is 5.5 m wide - enough to allow march on foot soldiers for 10 soldiers in a row or cavalry for 5 horses in a row.

In later times, the wall was repeatedly extended and modernized, especially in the 14th century during the rule of the Ming dynasty. In later periods, such as during the great proletarian cultural revolution, he was dismantled in order to obtain materials for the construction of houses and farms.

The wall was built on stone foundations, from compacted soil, which was bricked with brick, the whole was glued with rice flour and water.

The equipment of the wall consists of numerous defensive towers, watchtowers and storage rooms for ammunition and food.

In the designers' plans there was to be a watchtower every 100 meters, together over 40,000. It was calculated that 300 million m² of materials were used for the construction of the wall, which would have been enough to build 120 Cheops pyramids, or to place a two-meter long wall along the equator.

It is estimated that about 300,000 workers were employed in inhumane conditions during the construction of the wall, thousands of them lost their lives and their bodies were simply buried in the middle part of the wall.

Rumors say that every third man of the then empire participated in the construction of the wall and that only three out of ten recruits returned home. Therefore, the building is called the largest cemetery of the earth.

Contrary to the beliefs of many people, this building can not be seen with the human eye from the surface of the moon. Satellite images using infrared (thermovision) photography, which have been subjected to strong processing, showed the Chinese Wall in its splendor and showed that this myth widespread in the decade of the first space flight is false.

The Great Wall of China was not only built as a defensive building against the barbarians. His goal was also to protect against demons rushing over the infertile steppe areas. Once it was believed that these demons can move in a straight line without being able to cross curved formations and bypass the horns, therefore the wall has never been built in a straight line.

For many years, the wall fulfilled its defensive function and it would seem that its almost continuous structure is impregnable, however in 1211 the Mongol Chief Genghis Khan has invaded China and mastered the country for almost 100 years.

The wall is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

"If a daughter is born, drown her, if a son is born, do not bring him up, do not you see that the Great Wall arises on corpses"

"... Great Wall separates Great China from the desert,
and it stretches like the Great Snake infinitely.
Neither on one side nor on the other
there is no city left, but taken out of homes
three hundred sixty thousand people ...
"

"It must be said that the Great Wall had to be erected by great people" - Richard Nixon, 1972

Construction/building type

Building Great Wall of China is of type Wall, Fortification

Architectural style

Architectural style of Great Wall of China is Ancient Chinese

Other dimensions, parameters and frequently asked questions

Great Wall of China

How many meters have Great Wall of China?

Great Wall of China have length The main wall is 2400 km long
Total length with legs 21 196 km

What material is the building made of?

Great Wall of China is made of the following materials: stone, brick

Is the building on the UNESCO World Heritage List?

UNESCO
Yes, the building Great Wall of China is inscribed on the UNESCO List under the reference 438.
The listing took place in the year 1987.
Details of the entry are available on the Unesco website at https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/438/

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kto
#167
kto
17 years ago
super
ewelina
#166
ewelina
17 years ago
to prawdziwe arcydzielo sztuki
lena
#165
lena
17 years ago
nie no, ja jadę w wakacje do Chin, tylko żedo Hong Kongui się ostatnio zastanawiałyśmy z koleżankami, czy Hongkong to miasto, czy państwo, no i w końcu nie doszłyśmy do tego, co to jest, no i sięzastanawiałyśmy gdzie jestmur Chiński, tzn.: przez jakie miasta przebiega i czy jest też w Hongkongu? :) pozdrawiam, fajna stronka:) jak coś, to daj odpowiedź na mojego bloga: www.bobos.blog.pl, z góry dziękuję - Lena-14 lat.
paszczak
#164
paszczak
17 years ago
ja byłem na murze i jest moze zajebisty ale za mało cegieł jak dlamnie
andzia
#163
andzia
17 years ago
te artykół jest dobry tylko mogło by byc więcej informacji
Ewcia
#162
Ewcia
17 years ago
Świetna stronka powinno być więcej informacji bo nie mogłam znaleźć. Jestem po waszej stroie. SUPERRRRR.
kamil
#161
kamil
17 years ago
ma ktos wspułrzędne muru chińskiego
Teska
#160
Teska
17 years ago
super przyda mi sie bo pisze o nim referat! ale idzie widac go z kosmosu czy nie...???
Adrian p.
#159
Adrian p.
17 years ago
To się nazywa budowla aż dech zapiera w piersiach
MLODA
#158
MLODA
17 years ago
super mur ja tez chce taki
man
#157
man
17 years ago
fajny ten mur ja tez chce taki!!hehe;P
sanfransisco
#156
sanfransisco
17 years ago
Ale długi ten mur chinski idzie sie przez niego rok!!!!
dzieckoxxx
#155
dzieckoxxx
18 years ago
kto by mi to mógł przytłumaczyć na angielski it's important to me!! please
MICHAL
#154
MICHAL
18 years ago
MA KTOS COS NA TEMAT JAKIEJS CIEKAWEJ BUDOWLI ???? CHODZI MI TU O INFO NA TEMAT MATERIALOW JAKIE ZOSTALY UZYTE DO JEJ BUDOWY I TAKIEGO TYPU RZECZY PROSZE !!!!!TO PILNE.piszcie na maila.
Goska
#153
Goska
18 years ago
Mur Chiński w/g mnie jest czymś niezwykłym, wspaniałym
WIkipedia
#152
WIkipedia
18 years ago
Wbrew miejskim legendom, Mur chiński nie jest widoczny "gołym okiem" z odległego kosmosu (już choćby z księżyca), natomiast z wysokości orbity geostacjonarnej widoczne jest też wiele innych budowli, np: autostrady
Twarda_B
#151
Twarda_B
18 years ago
no ja właśnie też nie moge dojrzeć go w Google Earth...co jest..
vegetKa
#150
vegetKa
18 years ago
już od godziny szukam muru na googleEarth i nic...a podobno z kosmosu go widać...phi
tralek
#149
tralek
18 years ago
z kosmosu ? jak mozna widziec cos o szerokosci kilku metrow z wysokosci chociazby kilkudziesieciu kilometrow .. kosmos kosmos kosmos kosmos kosmos kosmos kosmos
malgorzata
#148
malgorzata
18 years ago
Czy jest tu ktos kto chce wyjechac Chiny, Himalaje, Nepal, Indie na wiosne 2007(zbieramy kase i ekipe;)
hm
#147
hm
18 years ago
dobra robota.Jaki MUR zbudowali by nasi bezrobotni lenie???
Gabi
#146
Gabi
18 years ago
jednym słowem wow:))rewelacyjna robota:))
KWAS
#145
KWAS
18 years ago
Ja nie moge sie dopatrzec:(. szukalem go na http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi /Earth?imgsize=320&opt=-l&lat=61.4583&ns=North&lon =-125.833&ew=West&alt=72&img=learth.evif i nic nie widzialem chyba ze to ta czarna kreska :)
pucus
#144
pucus
18 years ago
chcialbym tam pojechac :)
aska
#143
aska
18 years ago
niezle niezle ;))))) przyznam ze robi wrazenie:p

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