These construction date back to centuries and were used historically to mark boundaries between adjacent agricultural lands.

The walls are built without mortar to hold the stones together.

Instead, builders carefully select stones and stack them snug together like puzzle pieces.

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Many of Croatia coastline is characterized by karst topographyin other word, its rocky.

In Baljenac, an island just half a kilometer long, the walls stretch for 23 kilometers.

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Sources:Like Croatia/www.tzgpag.hr/Like Croatia

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