The Great Wall of China (traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; simplified Chinese: 万里长城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng, literally "ten thousand li wall") is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe.

Hadrian's Wall Path is a long-distance footpath in the north of England, which became the 15th National Trail in 2003. It runs for 84 miles (135 km), from Wallsend on the east coast of England to Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast. For most of its length it is close to the remains of Hadrian's Wall, the defensive wall built by the Romans on the northern border of their empire.

Dimensiones. El Muro de Adriano tenía una longitud de 80 millas romanas o 117,5 km; [12] su anchura y altura variaban según los materiales de construcción disponibles en las cercanías. Al este del río Irthing, la muralla era de piedra tallada y medía 3 metros de ancho y de 5 a 6 metros de alto, mientras que al oeste del río la muralla era originalmente de tepe y medía 6 metros de …

The Temple of Hadrian (Templum Divus Hadrianus, also Hadrianeum) is an ancient Roman structure on the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy, dedicated to the deified emperor Hadrian by his adoptive son and successor Antoninus Pius in 145 CE This temple was previously known as the Basilica of Neptune but has since been properly attributed as the Temple of Hadrian …

Der Hadrianswall (antiker lateinischer Name möglicherweise vallum Aelium) war ein römisches Grenzbefestigungssystem des britannischen Limes, das zwischen Newcastle und Solway Firth angelegt war, nahe der heutigen Grenze zwischen Schottland und England in Großbritannien.Er wurde zwischen 122 und 128 n. Chr. auf Anordnung Kaiser Hadrians (76–138) erbaut, …

Hadrian's Pecile located inside the Villa was a huge garden surrounded by a swimming pool and an arcade. ... The large circular enclosure 40 metres (130 ft) in diameter has an entrance to the north. Inside the outer wall and surrounding the moat are a ring of unfluted Ionic columns. The Maritime Theater includes a lounge, a library, heated ...

Calvary (Latin: Calvariae or Calvariae locus) or Golgotha (Greek: Γολγοθᾶ, Golgothâ) was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was said to have been crucified according to the canonical Gospels. Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage.The exact location of Calvary has been traditionally associated with a place now …

Aelia Capitolina (Traditional English Pronunciation: / ˈ iː l i ə ˌ k æ p ɪ t ə ˈ l aɪ n ə /; Latin in full: COLONIA AELIA CAPITOLINA) was a Roman colony founded during Emperor Hadrian's trip to Judah in 129/130, centered around Jerusalem, which had been almost totally razed after the siege of 70 CE.The foundation of Aelia Capitolina and the construction of a temple to Jupiter at the ...

History Roman Wallsend. In Roman times, this was the site of the fort of Segedunum.This fort protected the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall, which did not terminate at the western wall of the fort, but continued from its south-eastern corner down to the shore of the River Tyne.As David Breeze writes, "In the early nineteenth century, as recorded by Bruce, John Buddle the …

This is a list of Roman domes.The Romans were the first builders in the history of architecture to realize the potential of domes for the creation of large and well-defined interior spaces. Domes were introduced in a number of Roman building types such as temples, thermae, palaces, mausolea and later also churches. Semi-domes also became a favoured architectural element …