Xian city walls
I had got my camera to work after a fashion. I can take photos but I can't see what I have taken until I download it onto the computer. I returne to the city walls for a second time.
Inside the east gate.
The city side of the east gate from on top of the walls. The walls are arranged in a rectangle with the long sides orientated east - west.
Looking back at the same pagoda building on half of the short eastern wall orientated north - souty.
Jusy for comparison, this is looking along the top of the south facing wall from a corner to the South Gate half way along the wall in the far distance. The walls cover more than 12 kiometres and being so long, despite the numbers of tourists and being school holidays, the tops of the walls are quite.
One of several ramps from the city up to the top of the walls to aid movement of troops in a time of siege.
A detail of the decoration under the eaves of the pagodas. They are pretty during the day but the whole wall and gates are lit up at night.
Looking out from the wall towards the South Gate that protrudes out from the main city wall.
The main fort of the South Gate overlooking the killing ground...
...a view of the killing ground...surriunded by four walls and two towers.
Looking north from the South Gate towards the Bell Tower within the city.
A close up of the Bell Tower.
Just 300 metres away is the Drum Tower and museum and behind it is the muslim quarter and night narket.
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