Western Wall
Coordinates: 31°46′36″N 35°14′3″E / 31.77667°N 35.23417°E
The Western Wall, Wailing Wall or Kotel (Hebrew: הַכֹּתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">HaKotel HaMa'aravi; Arabic: حائط البراق; <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Ḥā'iṭ Al-Burāq) is an ancient wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on the western side of the Temple Mount. According to Jewish tradition this wall is a remnant of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. It is the most holy site for Jews.
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Western Wall Media
Herodian ashlars of the Western Wall
Panorama of the Western Wall with the Dome of the Rock (left) and al-Aqsa mosque (right) in the background
The Western Wall and Dome of the Rock
Engraving, 1850 by Rabbi Joseph Schwarz
Wailing Wall, Jerusalem by Gustav Bauernfeind (19th century)
The Western Wall in c. 1870, squeezed in by houses of the Moroccan Quarter, a century before they were demolished
Jews' Wailing Place, Jerusalem, 1891
Jewish Legion soldiers at the Western Wall after British conquest of Jerusalem, 1917
1920. From the collection of the National Library of Israel
Other websites
- The Western Wall Heritage Foundation Archived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Jewish Virtual Library: The Western Wall
- Chabad.org: The Shofar and the Wall, 1930
- Historic radio broadcast of the capture of the wall by the Israel Defense Forces on June 7, 1967 Archived September 21, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- Photographs
- Wailing Wall to Western Wall (1960s) Archived 2011-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Photographs of the Western Wall (Summer 2007)
- Western Wall virtual tour (December 2007) Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
