Tag:historic=citywalls

historic = citywalls
Description
A citywall is a fortification used to defend a city.
Rendering in openstreetmap-carto
Group: Historic
Used on these elements
Status: de facto
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Wikidata
Q16748868

A citywall is a fortification used to defend a city or settlement from potential aggressors. In ancient to modern times, they were used to enclose settlements. Note that barrier=city_wall also exists.

Walls that are still standing and in good shape probably qualify for both barrier=city_wall and historic=citywalls, in that case historic=* is obvious as all city walls are nowadays historic.

But note that existing city walls that are ruined, maybe with only foundations remaining may no longer qualify as barrier=city_wall but are still historic=citywalls.

How to map

Draw a way along the citywall.

Example

Citywall Prenzlau

Photo	Tags	OSM Carto	Geschichtskarte
	historic=citywalls	Loading map... {"tileLayer":"//{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png","attribution":"\u0026copy; \u003Ca href=\"http://osm.org/copyright\"\u003EOpenStreetMap\u003C/a\u003E contributors","center":{"lat":53.3136,"lon":13.8601},"zoom":"14"}	(c) OpenStreetMap-contributors Historic.Place

Images

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See also

• barrier=city_wall
• historic=city_gate

Tagging Mistakes

• historic=city_wall

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