Al Shamiya gate - also another part of the wall which now sits opposite the seaside in Kuwait City. — KUNA photos

KUWAIT: The Third Wall of Kuwait, built in the 1920s, was considered as an embodiment of solidarity between the leadership and people of the land.

On an order by the then Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, the construction of the Third Wall began to replace the second structure which was weakened through natural causes and other factors. The material used in the construction was pure mudbricks while the gates were built using a combination of wood as well as mudbricks.

The process took two months. After it was done, the security of Kuwait, back then, was bolstered and enhanced through this act of solidarity. The Third Wall stretched for eight kilometers, about five miles, from Ras Al-Ayoouz in the east to Al-Watiya coast in the west.

It was 14 meters high and one to one and a half meters thick with four gates guarded by 4 to 6 personnel from dawn to dusk. The wall had 26 towers which was built for military and security purposes. The wall was demolished in 1957 in the era of the Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah due to the modernization and urban expansion of Kuwait. — KUNA