Article 39WJG Hadrian's Wall joins forces with China's Great Wall to promote heritage sites

Hadrian's Wall joins forces with China's Great Wall to promote heritage sites

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Patrick Barkham
from Environment | The Guardian on (#39WJG)

'Wall to Wall' project will see heritage experts from the UK and China work together to increase understanding of both sites and boost tourism

One is 13,171 miles long and, contrary to popular belief, cannot actually be seen from space. The other is 73 miles long and cannot be seen from Sunderland.

But now the Great Wall of China is joining up with its much tinier British counterpart, Hadrian's Wall, to encourage more tourism and increase the historical and cultural understanding of both great barriers.

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