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Message: <blockquote data-quote="djjaya" data-source="post: 17154287" data-attributes="member: 461202">Throughout history city walls were made as protection from the enemy.  From very early history to modern times, they have been a near necessity  for almost every city. The walled cities could only be entered through  city gates which were often closed after a certain curfew each night.  Today well preserved walls bring tourist from the whole world to wonder  around these medieval walled cities.Dubrovnik Dubrovnik is a walled city on the Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme  south of Croatia. Nicknamed “Pearl of the Adriatic”,  it is one of the  most prominent tourist destinations  of the Mediterranean. The walled city was built on maritime trade. In  the Middle Ages it became the only city-state in the Adriatic to rival  Venice and achieved a remarkable level of development during the 15th  and 16th centuries. The world famous walls surround the old city.  Constructed mainly during the 12th–17th centuries, they have been well  preserved to the present day.<img src="http://resources.touropia.com/gfx/d/walled-cities-in-the-world/dubrovnik.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Jerusalem Jerusalem is a holy city to three religions, Judaism, Christianity,  and Islam, whilst being the modern capital of the State of Israel and  the country’s largest city. It is a fascinatingly unique place where the  first century rubs shoulders with the twenty-first century, and where  picturesque old neighborhoods nestle against glistening office towers  and high-rise apartments. The walled city of Jerusalem, which until the late nineteenth century  formed the entire city, is now called the Old City. It is divided into  four quarters: The Armenian, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Quarters.  Jerusalem has been surrounded by walls for its defense since ancient  times. In the 16th century, during the reign of the Ottoman empire in  the region, it was decided to fully rebuild the city walls on the  remains of the ancient walls. The construction lasted from 1535-1538 and  these walls are the walls that exist today.<img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/508025538_4d86c52834_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Carcassonne The French city of Carcassonne is one of the most perfectly preserved  walled cities of the world and the largest walled city in Europe. The  fortification consists of two outer walls, towers and barbicans built  over a long period of time. One section is Roman and is notably  different from the medieval walls with the red brick layers and the  terracotta tile roofs. One of these towers housed the Catholic  Inquisition in the 13th Century and is still known as ‘The Inquisition  Tower’. Portions of the 1991 film ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’ were  shot in and around Carcassonne.<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1021/1381323886_76fd7762b6_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Avila Located in western Spain, the medieval city of Ávila is built on the  flat summit of a rocky hill, which rises abruptly in the midst of a  veritable wilderness. Ávila has a magnificently well-preserved city wall  which encircles the entire old town.  The ramparts have nine gates and 88 towers many topped with stork  nests. The city walls were primarily constructed in the 11th and 12th  centuries.<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2060/2358519268_66237f9078_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Itchan Kala Itchan Kala is the walled inner town of the city of Khiva in Uzbekistan.  The old town retains many historic monuments and old houses, dating  primarily from the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries. The most  spectacular features of Itchan Kala are its sun-dried brick walls and  four gates at each side of the rectangular fortress. The city walls were  destroyed several times, but they were always rebuilt.<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2632/3848010260_2b14768c1b_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Xi'an Xi’an one of  the oldest cities in China, with a history of more than 3,100 years. For  1,000 years, the city was the capital for 13 dynasties, and a total of  73 emperors ruled here. Xi’an is the eastern terminus of the Silk Road  and home to the Terracotta Army. A well-preserved city wall, which was  re-constructed in the 14th century during the early Ming Dynasty,  surrounds the city. One of the world’s largest city walls, it is wide  enough to easily ride 5 bikes across.<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/1536294318_2fe9473ac6_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Obidos The town of Óbidos  is located on a hill and is encircled by a fortified wall. In the 8th  century the Moors established a fortification on top of the hill. It was  taken from the Moors by the first King of Portugal, Afonso Henriques,  in 1148. The castle of Óbidos and the walls of the village were  remodeled in the 14th century. The walls are made out of local limestone  and marble. The village was also enlarged around this time, with  settlements created outside the city walls. The well-preserved mediaeval  look of its streets, squares, walls and its massive castle have turned  the picturesque village into a popular tourist attraction in Portugal.<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1341/551497770_ee0726f797_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Pingyao Pingyao is a small Chinese city renowned for its well-preserved ancient  city wall. The majestic wall, which includes six major gates and 72  watchtowers, encircles an old city  which has little changed architecturally over the past 300 years. In  2004, part of the southern walls collapsed but were reconstructed.  However, the rest of the city walls are still largely intact and Pingyao  is considered to be one of best-preserved walled cities in the world.<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1427/5120236156_a887f73f68_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Toledo An often overlooked gem, Toledo is one of the former capitals of the  Spanish Empire. The history of Toledo dates back to Roman times. Roman  occupation was followed by Visigothic rule, Muslim rule and finally the  Reconquista of Toledo in 1085 AD. It was the capital of the Spanish  empire until the mid 1500′s when the royal court moved to Madrid. The  city is surrounded by the River Tajo on three sides and two medieval  walls on the fourth side.<img src="http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8177/7915851688_c1f914c058_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Taroudant Taroudant is a fascinating and authentic Berber town in the heart of the  Souss Valley, with the best preserved city walls in Morocco. It is  often called the “Grandmother of Marrakech” because it is a scaled down,  slowed down town that resembles Marrakech with its surrounding city  walls. The walls were constructed in the 16th century under the Saadi  Dynasty. Today the town is a  market town and has a souk near each of  its two main squares.<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/3130833542_3f55e7ed87_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Harar Harar is an ancient walled city in eastern Ethiopia. For centuries,  Harar has been a major commercial center, linked by the trade routes  with Africa and Arabia. With 82 mosques, three of which date from the  10th century, and 102 shrines it is one of the most important cities of  Islam. Harar was part of the Adal Sultanate, a medieval muslim state  located in the Horn of Africa. In the 16th century the city was  encircled with a wall including five gates. This wall, called Jugol, is  still intact, and has become the symbol of the city.<img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/31/38838651_94a1fd3838_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />YORKYork is an ancient city in the north of England. The city was founded by  the Romans, taken over by the Angles, captured by the Vikings and  finally incorporated in the Kingdom of England in 954. It boasts the   largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe. Since Roman times, the city  has been defended by walls of one form or another. The majority of the  remaining walls, which encircle the whole of the medieval city, date  from the 12th – 14th century.<img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/327001771_2458ee6a57_z.jpg?zz=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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