Walls, Lines and Frontier Fortifications
"Good fences make good neighbours"
Bonum est erigere dumos cum vicinis
"Before I built a wall, I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offence."
"Mending Wall" by Robert Frost
Thou shalt call thy walls Salvation and thy gates Praise.
Isaiah 60:18
| location | barrier | from | to |
|---|---|---|---|
| [various] | Iron Curtain | 1947 | 1989 |
| Abkhazia | Kelasuri Wall / Great Abkhazian Wall | .. | .. |
| Abkhazia | Georgia Border Fence | 2008 | |
| Argentina | Bolivia/Paraguay | 2017 | |
| Australia | Brisbane Line | .. | .. |
| Austria | Slovenia Border Fence | 2015 | .. |
| Bulgaria | Turkey Border Fence | 2014 | present |
| Burma | Bangladesh | 200x | present |
| Botswana | Zimbabwe | 2003 | present |
| Brunei | Limbang, Malaysia | 2005 | present |
| Bulgaria | Border Fence with Serbia | 2015.. | .. |
| Cambodia | Bamboo Wall | .. | .. |
| China | Bamboo Curtain | 1949 | 1972 |
| China | Willow Palisade | .. | .. |
| China | Great Wall of China [Ming] | 1474 | 1688 |
| China | Myanmar Fence | 2020 | present |
| China | North Korea | 2006 | present |
| China | Vietnam Fence | 2020 | present |
| Cyprus | Green Line | 1974 | present |
| Czechoslovakia | Benes Line | 1936 | 1939 |
| Denmark | Danevirke | .. | .. |
| Dominican Republic | Haiti | 2021 | .. |
| Egypt | Gaza Strip | 200x | present |
| Estonia | Russian Border Fence | 2018 | |
| Finland | Eastern Border Barrier | 2023 | |
| Finland | Mannerheim Line | ||
| Finland | Salpa Line | ||
| France | Mur de la peste | 1721 | .. |
| France | Pré Carré | 1678 | 1814 |
| France | Early Fortifications | 1814 | |
| France | Sere de Rivieres Forts | ||
| France | Maginot Line | 1930 | 1940 |
| France | Route Coloniale 4 / RC4 | ||
| France | De Lattre Line | ||
| Georgia | Kelasuri Wall / Great Abkhazian Wall | ||
| Georgia | Abkhazia Border Fence | 2008 | |
| Georgia | Ossetia Border Fence | 2008 | |
| Germany | Coast Defense | ||
| Germany | Fortresses / Festungen | ||
| Germany | Hindenburg Line | ||
| Germany | Westwall / Siegfried Line | ||
| Germany | Festung Europa / Atlantic Wall | ||
| Germany | Gustav Line | ||
| Germany | Gothic Line | ||
| Germany | Berlin Wall | ||
| Greece | Athens Long Walls | 461 BC | 404 BC |
| Greece | Hexamilion Wall | .. | .. |
| Greece | Metaxas Line | .. | .. |
| Greece | Turkish Cyprus | 19 | present |
| Greece | Turkish Border | 2011 | present |
| Hungary | Border Fence with Serbia and Croatia | 2015.. | .. |
| India | Great Hedge of India | .. | .. |
| India | Bangladesh | 200x | present |
| India | Myanmar | 200x | present |
| India | Pakistan | 19 | present |
| Iran | Pakistan | 200x | present |
| Iran | Sassanid Walls - Gorgon Wall | .. | .. |
| Iraq - Ur III | Amorite Wall | 2032BC | ??? |
| Iraq - Kassite | Dur-Kurigalzu | 1300BC | .. |
| Iraq - Medes | Median Wall | 600BC | .. |
| Iraq - Babylon | Babylon Walls | 600BC | |
| Iraq | Baghdad Barriers | 2007 | present |
| Iraq | Baghdad Wall | 2016 | present |
| Iraq | Iraq-Syria Border | 2008 | present |
| Iraq | Iraq-Iran Border | 2004 | present |
| Israel | Bar-Lev Line | 1968 | 1973 |
| Israel | Gaza Strip Barrier | 1993 | present |
| Israel | Egypt Fence | 2010 | present |
| Israel | Lebanon Technical Fence | 19 | present |
| Israel | Syria Alpha Fence | 19 | present |
| Israel | Jordan Fence | 19xx | present |
| Israel | Jordan / Timna Airport | 2016 | present |
| Israel | Security Fence, Palestine | 2001 | present |
| Jordan | Iraq | 200x | present |
| Jordan | Syria | 200x | present |
| Kazakhstan | Uzbekistan | 200x | present |
| Kenya | Anti al-Shabab Wall | 2015 | present |
| Kuwait | Iraq - The Berm | 1991 | present |
| Kyrgystan | Sokh District Border Fence | 2013 | present |
| Latvia | Belarus Border Fence | 2018 | |
| Latvia | Russian Border Fence | 2018 | |
| Lithuania | Belarus Barrier Border Fence | 2021 | |
| Lithuania | Russia Border Fence | 2018 | |
| Malaysia | Thailand | 1990s | present |
| Moldavia | Greuthungi Wall / Upper Trajan's Wall | .. | .. |
| Mexico | Guatemala border | none | none |
| Morocco | Western Sahara | 1975 | present |
| Myanmar | Bangladesh | 2009 | present |
| Nigeria | Sungbo's Eredo | .. | .. |
| Norway | Glomma River / Glåma River Line | 1940 | 1943 |
| Norway | Storskog Border Fence | 2016 | |
| Ossetia | Georgia Border Fence | 2008 | |
| Pakistan | Durand Line - Afghanistan | 2006 | present |
| Panama | Panama Canal Fence | .. | .. |
| Peru | Great Wall | .. | .. |
| Poland | Poland-Belarus Border Barrier | 2021 | present |
| Qatar | National Security Shield | 2007 | .. |
| Romania | Athanaric / Southern Trajan Wall | .. | .. |
| Romania | Integrated Border Security | 200x | present |
| Roman Empire | Hadrian's Wall | 122 | 410 |
| Roman Empire | Limes Germaniae | ||
| Roman Empire | Limes arabicus | .. | .. |
| Roman Empire | Limes Tripolitanis | .. | .. |
| Russia | Orenburg Line | .. | .. |
| Russia | Crimea Barrier | 2018 | present |
| Saudi Arabia | United Arab Emirates | 200x | present |
| Saudi Arabia | Iraq | 200x | present |
| Saudi Arabia | Oman | 200x | present |
| Saudi Arabia | Qatar | 200x | present |
| Saudi Arabia | Yemen | 200x | present |
| Slovenia | Croatia Border Fence | 2015 | present |
| South Africa | Lesotho-South Africa Fence | 19 | present |
| South Africa | Mozambique Border Fence | 19 | present |
| South Africa | Norex Border Fence | 19 | present |
| South Africa | Veterinary Fences | 19 | present |
| South Africa | Zimbabwe Border Fence | 2020 | present |
| South Korea | Cheolli Jangseong | .. | .. |
| South Korea | Samnyeonsanseong | .. | .. |
| South Korea | ROK-DPRK Demilitarized Zone | 1953 | current |
| South Ossetia | Border Fence | 2013 | present |
| Soviet Union | Stalin Line | .. | .. |
| Soviet Union | Molotov Line | .. | .. |
| Spain | Morocco (Ceuta) | 1990s | present |
| Spain | Morocco (Melilla) | 1990s | present |
| Syria | Wall of Syria | 2400BC | .. |
| Thailand | Malaysia | 200x | present |
| Tunisia | Fossa Regia | 146 BC | .. |
| Tunisia | Libya Wall | 2015 | .. |
| Turkey | Anastasian Wall | .. | .. |
| Turkey | Iran Wall | 2017 | .. |
| Turkey | Syria Wall | 2015 | .. |
| Turkmenistan | Uzbekistan | 200x | present |
| Ukraine | Dragon Walls / Serpent Walls | BC ? | .. |
| Ukraine | Russian Border Fence | 2014 ? | .. |
| UAE | Oman | 200x | present |
| UK | Calais Border Fence | 2016 | present |
| UK | Offa's Dyke | ||
| UK | Watt's Dyke | ||
| UK | Wan's Dyke | ||
| UK | Roman Walls | 61 | 410 |
| UK | Agricola's Lines | 61 | 412 |
| UK | Hadrian's Wall | 121 | 412 |
| UK | Antonine Wall | 138 | 412 |
| UK | Severus' Wall | 210 | 412 |
| UK | Singapore | ||
| UK | Gibraltar | present | |
| UK | Peace Line [Belfast] | present | |
| USA | Seacoast Fortification - First System | ||
| USA | Seacoast Fortification - Second System | ||
| USA | Seacoast Fortification - Third System | ||
| USA | Harbor Defenses - Great War | ||
| USA | Harbor Defenses - World War II | ||
| USA | ROK-DPRK Demilitarized Zone | 1953 | current |
| USA | Cuba (GITMO Cactus Curtain) | 1961 | present |
| USA | McNamara Line | 1967 | 1968 |
| USA | Great Wall of Mexico | ||
| USSR | Molotov Line | 1939 | 1945 |
| USSR | Stalin Line | 1928 | 1945 |
| Uzbekistan | Afghanistan | 1990s | present |
| Uzbekistan | Kirghistan | 1990s | present |
| Vietnam | Wall of Reeds / Dong Hoi Wall | .. | .. |
| Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) | Zambia | 19 | present |
| .. | .. |
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