🏯 Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
Fortified towers built by overseas Chinese, Guangdong Province, China
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Kaiping County, Guangdong Province, southern China
- Construction period: 1890s–1920s by returning overseas Chinese
- Tower count: Over 1,800 diaolou across the region
- UNESCO inscription: 2007
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages is a cluster of fortified towers in southern China that documents the architectural legacy ...