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 Alain Martineau
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| Front Description | Badaling is the site of the most visited section of the Great Wall of China, approximately 80 km northwest of urban Beijing city. The portion of the wall running through the site was built during the Ming Dynasty, along with a military outpost reflecting the location's strategic importance. The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built originally to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups. The Great Wall stretches from Shanhaiguan in the east, to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. The most comprehensive archaeological survey, using advanced technologies, has recently concluded that the entire Great Wall, with all of its branches, stretches for 8,851.8 km, it is made up of 6,259.6 km sections of actual wall, 359.7 km of trenches and 2,232.5 km of natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers. The Great Wall is over 1000 meters above sea level, the wall averages 7.8 meters in height and averages 5.8 meters in width. |
| Height | 105.00 mm |
| Width | 150.00 mm |
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