万里长城/Great Wall of China

Great Wall of China is one of the most important World Heritage sites and was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the world in a poll of international in 2007 became the Great Wall of China of the most important things that has to be seen for visitors and tourists. Where flock to people from all over the world every world

Began the process of construction of the Great Wall of China in 221 BC, where he built the Emperor Qin Shi Huang first part of the Great Wall of China, but most of them were destroyed with the passage of time. In 1449, the Ming Dynasty built what we know today as the Great Wall of China to defend the borders of China, especially against the Mongolian tribes.

Up along the Great Wall of China to more than 4,000 miles, was built over a period of 300 years. In 2009, believed that the length of Aljaddarimkn that up to 5,000 kilometers (about 3107 miles), Houma advancement of technology and GPS and Infrared, archaeologists, scientists believe that the Great Wall of China is much larger than previously thought. According to BBC News, it has developed new standards that the Great Wall of China in length of about 8850 km (5,500 mi). Archaeologists still searching for the remains of missing persons from the wall. -

Great Wall of China rises to about 7.6 meters, the same display at the base and there are observation towers each about a hundred and fifty meters along the fence. And these towers rises to about 12 meters, and was used in the past as centers of control. Since China opened its borders to tourism in the late 1980s, there has been more than a million people visiting the Great Wall of China each year. -