The Badaling section of the Great Wall
The most-visited stretch of the Wall is younger than the Kremlin
The wall at Badaling pass was built under the Ming in the early 16th century to guard the approaches to Beijing. It was the first section restored and opened to visitors, in 1957, and hundreds of millions of people and many heads of state have walked it since.
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The most visited stretch of the Great Wall of China is younger than the walls of the Moscow Kremlin. Badaling was built under the Ming in the early 16th century; the Kremlin walls were finished in 1495. Share →
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