Sacred site · Israel
Western Wall
Holy site of Judaism in Jerusalem
About Western Wall
The Western Wall is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount of Jerusalem. Its most famous section, known by the same name, often shortened by Jews to the Kotel or Kosel, is known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in the Arab world and Islamic world as the Buraq Wall. In a Jewish religious context, the term Western Wall and its variations is used in the narrow sense, for the section used for Jewish prayer; in its broader sense it refers to the entire 488-metre-long (1,601 ft) retaining wall on the western side of the Temple Mount. At the prayer section, just over half the wall's total height, including its 17 courses located below street level, dates from the end of the Second Temple period, and is believed to have been begun by Herod the Great.
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Where is Western Wall?
Western Wall is in Israel.
Is there a ready-made trip plan near Western Wall?
Yes. The 2-day Amman plan is about 68 km away. You can open it and change it as you like.
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