Saturday, 25 June 2016

Second Longest Wall After Great Wall of China

Kumbhalgarh Fort Wall

Kumbhalgarh Fort

 

Kumbhalgarh Fort View


Kumbhalgarh Fort Rajasthan

  • Kumbhalgarh. The walls of the fort of Kumbhalgarh extend over 38 km, claimed to be the second-longest continuous wall after the Great Wall of China. Kumbhalgarh Fort is a Mewar fortress on the westerly range of Aravalli Hills, in the Rajsamand district of Rajasthan state in western India.
  • In 2013, at the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Kumbhalgarh Fort, along with five other forts of Rajasthan, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the group Hill Forts of Rajasthan.
  • With a wall over 38 km long, the fort is the second largest wall in the world after the Great Wall of China and the second largest fort in Rajasthan after Chittorgarh Fort.

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