Some places feel straight out of a medieval legend—stone walls stretching into the distance, towers rising above the rooftops, and narrow lanes winding through centuries of history... Carcassonne, the ...

Known as “the city of darkness,” Kowloon Walled City was a crowded, tangled metropolis of 60,000 people with little political or legal oversight.

Once the world’s most densely populated place, Kowloon Walled City is back in the spotlight with a new exhibition bringing fresh attention to this vibrant corner of Hong Kong HONG KONG, June 10 ...

In his article titled "The Strange Saga of Kowloon Walled City," James Crawford noted that the city, with an area of around one-hundredth of a square mile, housed "350 buildings, almost all ...

Revisiting Shahjahanabad, the walled city A new book explores the medieval city of Shahjahanabad with a fascinating map going back to 1846-47 ...

Despite Hong Kong's dense urban landscape, the city harbours numerous hidden green spaces worth exploring. Among them is Kowloon Walled City Park, a Jiangnan-style garden that was once a maritime ...

Kowloon Walled City was a chaotic and lawless enclave in the heart of in then British-controlled Hong Kong where some 35,000 lived cramped together within 26,000 square metres (6.4 acres).

Hongkongers’ fascination for the old Kowloon Walled City is still going strong, fuelled by the popularity of Soi Cheang’s martial arts epic Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In.There is now a ...

Searching for a moment of respite from the heat and chaos below in Hong Kong’s infamous Kowloon Walled City, photographer Greg Girard found himself on the roof of one of the enclave’s many ...

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