Thursday, 30 November 2017

Towers of ancient city walls in Xi'an, China



  • photographed on June 18, 2016. Xi'an 
  • (formerly known as Chang’an, and once an imperial capital city) was the eastern departure 
  • point for the Silk Road—a hub for traders in China's central Shaanxi Province. These city 
  • walls were largely built after the Silk Road had fallen into disuse, after 1500 A.D
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