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The Great Wall of China was begun by the first Emperor of the united country, Qin Shihuangdi, around 210 BCE. Its diconnected parts are about 5.000 kms long. The wall is 7 to 8 m high and its paved top is 5,5 m wide. There is a watchtower every 120 m. See 05-01-02/1-12
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The Great Wall of China was begun by the first Emperor of the united country, Q...

The great Wall of China was begun by the first Emperor of the united country, Qin Shihuangdi, around 210 BCE. Its diconnected parts are about 5.000 kms long. The wall is 7 to 8 m high and its paved top 5,5 m wide. There is a watchtower every 120 m. See 05-01-02/1-12
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The great Wall of China was begun by the first Emperor of the united country, Q...

Great boulders are included in parts of the Great Wall of China, built by the first Emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, around 210 BCE. The disconnected parts of the wall are about 5.000 kms long, the wall is 7 to 8 m high and the paved top is 5,5m wide. See 05-01-02/1-12.
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Great boulders are included in parts of the Great Wall of China, built by the f...

The Great Wall of China, built by the first Emperor of the united country, Qin Shihuangdi around 210 BCE, seeen through the embrasure of one of the watchtowers. The different parts of the wall are about 5.000 kms long. See 05-01-02/1-12
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The Great Wall of China, built by the first Emperor of the united country, Q...

Watchtowers not connected to the Great Wall of China lie north of the wall, jutting out into the lands of the Nomads, against whom the Wall was erected by China's first Emperor, Qin Shihuangdi around 210 BCE. See 05-01-02/1-12
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Watchtowers not connected to the Great Wall of China lie north of the wall, j...

The Great Wall is China's most popular attraction for tourists as well as the Chinese. Tens of thousands visit the small part open to the public, creating a fairground atmosphere. See 05-01-02/1-12
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The Great Wall is China's most popular attraction for tourists as well as...

View across the summer residence of the early Qing Emperors (17th-18th) in Shengde, called Bishushan- zhuang, the "Mountain village to flee from the Heat". In the background sandstone hills with a curious, finger-shaped erosion.
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View across the summer residence of the early Qing Emperors (17th-18th) in...

The Red Mountain, holy mountain of the Tibetan Buddhists, with the Red and White Palace of Potala, seen above modern buildings in Lhasa.
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The Red Mountain, holy mountain of the Tibetan Buddhists, with the Red...

View from the terrace of the "Red Palace" of Potala, the part reserved for religious functions. Potala Palace was begun by the "Great Fifth", the fifth Dalai Lama, in 1645.
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View from the terrace of the "Red Palace" of Potala, the part reserved for re...

View from the terrace of the Great Temple in Lhasa. A gilded pillar with bells. In the background left, Potala Palace. See 05-01-03/16-23
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View from the terrace of the Great Temple in Lhasa. A gilded pillar with bel...

View of Kunburi, the Holy Mountain of Lhasa, seen through a window in the summer palace of the present Dalai Lama. The palace was finished in 1956, three years before the 14th Lama went into exile in Ladakh, India.
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View of Kunburi, the Holy Mountain of Lhasa, seen through a window in the...

A narrow bridge, festooned with prayer flags, leads across the Lhasa-River to Kunburi, the Holy Mountain of Lhasa.
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A narrow bridge, festooned with prayer flags, leads across the Lhasa-River t...