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 | A tourist climbs up a stairway at the fort of Jiayuguan, which makes up part of the Great Wall of China, near its western-most point, at Jiayuguan, in China's northwest Gansu province Monday Oct. 10, 2005. The fort, built in 1372, was completely rebuilt in the 1980's to be preserved as a cultural relic, and contrasts with the crumbling sections of the Great Wall which branch out from it. Sometimes called the western starting point of the Great Wall, the fort actually lies a few kilometers from where the wall ends at a cliff above the Taolai river. click to open  |  | Chinese tourists tour the fort of Jiayuguan, which makes up part of the Great Wall of China, near its western-most point, at Jiayuguan, in China's northwest Gansu province Tuesday Oct. 11, 2005. The fort, built in 1372, was completely rebuilt in the 1980's to be preserved as a cultural relic, and contrasts with the crumbling sections of the Great Wall which branch out from it. Sometimes called the western starting point of the Great Wall, the fort actually lies a few kilometers from where the wall ends at a cliff above the Taolai river. click to open |  | Chinese tourists walk on a rebuilt section of the Great Wall of China, near its western-most point, at Jiayuguan, in China's northwest Gansu province Tuesday Oct. 11, 2005. The section, known as the Shiguan Gorge Overhanging Great Wall, is believed to have been built in the 16th century and had crumbled to almost nothing before being rebuilt in 1987. Though parts of the Great Wall have been fully restored, much of it is in disrepair, with many areas crumbling or even buried under sand. click to open |  | Chinese tourists walk on a rebuilt section of the Great Wall of China, near its western-most point, at Jiayuguan, in China's northwest Gansu province Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005. The section, known as the Shiguan Gorge Overhanging Great Wall, is believed to have been built in the 16th century and had crumbled to almost nothing before being rebuilt in 1987. Though parts of the Great Wall have been fully restored, much of it is in disrepair, with many areas crumbling or even buried under sand. click to open |
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