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What is the world's most famous wall?
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This question just came to my mind and I'd be interested what in your opinion is the best known wall, current or past. This would fit well in the politics forum, but I guessed it is more appropriate in here.
I guess that I can't really make an objective statement on this topic, since I live in Berlin. So I'm very interested in your thoughts…
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Jerusalem-3000 years old, China-1000 years, Berlin-60 years, Guantanamo-2 years. Jerusalem temple wall built by David, China wall built by emperor, etc- It is clear that in the west, David is better known and better documented. sam
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Originally Posted by SVass
Jerusalem-3000 years old, China-1000 years, Berlin-60 years, Guantanamo-2 years. Jerusalem temple wall built by David, China wall built by emperor, etc- It is clear that in the west, David is better known and better documented. sam
Actually, the temple wall was built by David's son Solomon. David arranged a lot of the preparation work though.
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Berlin, China, Pink Floyd and Jerusalem came to me in that order.
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My defense for naming David is simple: I have an ancestor who claimed to have an ancestor who claimed to have an ancestor who claimed to be a descendant of David! Therefore, David gets the credit. Solomon doesn't count. sam
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China wins IMHO.
Size matters. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Which is this Jerusalem wall you speak of? The wailing wall?
My vote is definitely for the great wall of China. More pictures taken of that than any other mentioned wall in this thread. Shame you can't see it from the moon though 
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
The wailing wall?
That's what I had in mind. Not sure about the others.
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Originally Posted by Face Ache
China wins IMHO.
Size matters. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Yeah, the Great Wall is the first one that comes up in my mind. It is.. impressive.
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Great Wall. Thats why its `Great` after all.
Though listening to Pink Floyd`s The Wall, at the Great Wall, is rather fun.
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I heard from ah Chi-neese that the in Chinese it's not exactly called a wall, but kind of a castle, or building.
But then again she was a beginner English student with a keen dislike of all things western.
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The original request was to identify the "world's" most famous wall. If you mean by world, known to the MOST people then the Great Wall of China is probably correct . If you mean known by people in more countries, then the Wailing Wall might be correct just because missionaries may talk about the Temple in many places. The Berlin wall was a temporary thing and wouldn't qualify for a few centuries. sam
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Originally Posted by PurpleGiant
Great Wall of China.
Ding.
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Originally Posted by rickey939
[im g]http://pages.map.com/pinto/oit/WallSeats.jpg[/img]
Thats not a wall... thats a monstah. 
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I'm currently biased. I've literally just finished watching a programme about fall of the Berlin Wall, with live footage and reconstructions.
So, for my answer I'm gonna go with the Berlin Wall - because it's not there any more and the will of the people prevailed over the will of the fascist poopieheads.
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I thought of Pink Floyd's when I first read the title. Then the Great Wall. And then Berlin wall.
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This thread should be a poll. Then at least we'd have some data to answer "What's the most famous wall among MacNNers?"
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The Kotel (the western wall)
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Originally Posted by SVass
My defense for naming David is simple: I have an ancestor who claimed to have an ancestor who claimed to have an ancestor who claimed to be a descendant of David! Therefore, David gets the credit. Solomon doesn't count. sam
Too bad the Western Wall that is left was actually a retaining wall that was part of Herod's Temple not the 1st One. (Least I think). And David did a lot of important things, wrote a whole lot of the Psalms, was the king all of Israel's later kings were judged against etc etc etc. Very important but not for his work on the Temple, or lack there of.
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I think the Great Wall is the most famous...
The Belin Wall is the most 'Infamous'
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The Great Wall
Pink Floyd's "The Wall"
Berlin Wall
That's what immediately came to my mind, and in that order.
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Most famous curtain...
The Iron Curtain.
Bamboo Curtain next.
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Originally Posted by David Gilmour
On the day the wall came down
They threw the locks onto the ground
With glasses high, they raised a cry, for freedom had arrived.
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came to my mind before the album, The Wall. I think it's because my very first thought was of the Berlin Wall.
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Originally Posted by Rolling Bones
Most famous curtain...
The cause of Sirius Black's death.
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The first one that came to mind was the Wailing Wall, then a short while later the Berlin Wall.
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The Great Wall of China was the first that came to my mind.
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China, Berlin, the kitchen walls (recently painted), Jerusalem, Pink Floyd
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I have no more to offer than the ones that have already been mentioned: The Wailing Wall, The Great Wall, The Berlin Wall, and Pink Floyd's The Wall are the ones that occured to me as well, in that order.
Originally Posted by paul w
I heard from ah Chi-neese that the in Chinese it's not exactly called a wall, but kind of a castle, or building.
Well, it's not called a 'wall' ( 墙 ) per se, but that's only because the English is, for once, too poor in words. 墙 is the kind of wall that's inside a house (or on the outside, of course, it's the same wall). 城, however, refers to the structure of a wall, especially one used to surround something in order to prevent people from coming in. A city wall, more or less. (城 can only just mean 'city')
The Great Wall is called 长城 in Chinese (长 meaning 'long', i.e., The Long (City) Wall).
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Easy "The Great Wall of China."
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Google search results:
"the wall", "pink floyd"=2,630,000 results.
Berlin wall=2,140,000 results.
wailing wall= 337,000 results.
Chinese wall=214,000 results.
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Originally Posted by PurpleGiant
Great Wall of China.
This one.
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Originally Posted by MacPoker101
Google search results:
"the wall", "pink floyd"=2,630,000 results.
Berlin wall=2,140,000 results.
wailing wall= 337,000 results.
Chinese wall=214,000 results.
"Great Wall", China: 2,320,000
Pink Floyd beats it, but barely.
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Wall - 244,000,000 (more popular than sex!)
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Originally Posted by Tesseract
Wall - 244,000,000 (more popular than sex!)
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