1. - Location The Great Wall, which has a total extension of more than 6.700 kilometres, goes from Shanhaiguan in the East up to Jiayuguan in the west. It crosses six provinces and autonomous regions and a municipality of the North of China: Hebei, Beijing, Shanxi, Interior Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi and Gansu. The official name of the great wall is Chang cheng, who wants to say " long strength ", which was constructed in the 5th century B.C. and the 16th century, to protect the strength of the Chinese empire The exact location is the north, northwest and west of small stone. It covered the border with it shouts at the edge of the river yalu, up to the decierto of gobi, the long of an arch that delineates the south edge of int erior …ver más…

In the following centuries other leaders reconstructed the wall and extended her, especially those of the dynasties Are (206 to. C.-220 A.D.) And Ming (1368-1644). The general Meng Tian, manager of constructing the wall for Shi Huangdi's mandate, had 300 000 soldiers used in the great work, which Superiors were supervising the advance of the different sections. 5. -Since I construct the Chinese wall him
In the 3rd century B.C. the Chinese began the construction of the Great Wall, on initiative of the emperor Shih Huang - You, in order to defend itself from the assault of the Mongolians and other invading peoples. His construction extended up to the 17th century
6. -Details and functions The beginning of the construction of the Wall was China to defend itself from the nomadic assaults of the peoples of the north. Though I construct in several stages, the first stage was constructed by Qin Shi's instructions Huangdi, also Shi Huangdi, or Ts'in She Huang - You (259-210 B.C.), the first emperor of China and founder of the dynasty Chin. One speaks about 400.000 persons working in the construction during Qin Shi's reign Huanti and his descendants, nevertheless, the Great Wall continued growing during mas of 1500 years

7. - Current situation
The Great Chinese Wall, Heritage of the Humanity for the UNESCO in 1987 and one of Seven Marvels of the Modern World, had an original length of 8.851,8 kilometres, between his principal