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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