Walls can't talk but they can tell a story - as shown in these stunning photos. MailOnline Travel has selected pictures of some of the world's most breathtaking walled cities and towns to inspire ...

Some places feel straight out of a medieval legend—stone walls stretching into the distance, towers rising above the rooftops, and narrow lanes winding through centuries of history... Carcassonne, the ...

From hilltop citadels to fortified coastal enclaves, we've scoured the world to find the most captivating walled cities, and ranked them for their beauty. Read on to discover our well-travelled ...

Inscribed on the World Heritage List under criteria (iii), (iv ... the repair of almost the entire city wall, and the installation of a waste water drainage system. The Muza dam was burst by ...

After World War II, Hong Kong experienced a massive ... While located in Hong Kong territory, the Walled City was legally a Chinese military fort. This put the settlement in legal purgatory ...

Criterion (iv): The Walled City of Baku represents an outstanding and rare example ... The property was removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2009. The setting of the property has ...

Reason for Designation: North America’s premier walled city is an architectural treasure and a monument to European colonial history in the New World. Often called a bit of Old Europe on ...

The horizon stretches out for so far and for so long that the sky seems to bend like a stretched bow. Looking west over the city walls of Khiva, it's easy to imagine a guardsman watching out for ...

The Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was once the densest place on earth, a virtually lawless labyrinth of crime, grime, commerce and hope. A Wall Street Journal documentary tracks its colorful ...

From the 1950s until 1994, over 33,000 people lived and worked in Kowloon Walled City, a massive complex of 300 interconnected buildings that took up a city block. Caught between China and the ...