![]() ![]() The fortification complex was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003. ![]() It is surpassed only by the walls systems of Great wall of China as the longest single-segment building and the longest defensive wall in existence.Ģ- Fortifications of Derbent, it was protecting Eastern side of Persia, The immense wall, with a height of up to twenty meters and a thickness of about 10 feet (3 meters), stretched for forty kilometers between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains, thirty north-looking towers stretched for forty kilometers between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains, effectively blocking the passage across the Caucasus. ![]() It is 195 km (121 mi) long and 6–10 m (20–33 ft) wide, and features over 30 fortresses spaced at intervals of between 10 and 50 km (6.2 and 31.1 mi). Throught their rule, Persians built so many wall defences to protect their frontiers from barbarians, and there are TOO MANY of them to justify adding fortified walls to them, here are some:ġ-Gorgan: it is longest of Sassanid defense line, It is described as “amongst the most ambitious and sophisticated frontier walls” ever built in the world, Also I want to add, (I know I want so many things ), giving Fortified walls to Persians, here is my reason, ![]()
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