Sunday, February 15, 2009

A Great Wall

Part of the wall of the UNESCO world heritage listed Hwaseong fortress at Suwon.

4 comments:

Jacob said...

Interesting shot and I like the way it draws in the viewer to follow the wall around.

What was the purpose of the Hwaseong fortress?

Phil_O'Logus said...

Hi Jacob - Wikipedia has a good article on the fortress at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwaseong_Fortress, Cheers

Jacob said...

Thanks, Phil. That is an excellent article...

One of the reasons I love CDP is learning so much about cities and places around the world...

Appreciate your help.

Hilda said...

Wow. Looks grand and magnificent. and so well-preserved too!