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, HaKotel HaMa'aravi; Arabic: حائط البراق; 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
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Herodian ashlars of the Western Wall
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Panorama of the Western Wall with the Dome of the Rock (left) and al-Aqsa mosque (right) in the background
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The Western Wall and Dome of the Rock
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Engraving, 1850 by Rabbi Joseph Schwarz
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Wailing Wall, Jerusalem by Gustav Bauernfeind (19th century)
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The Western Wall in c. 1870, squeezed in by houses of the Moroccan Quarter, a century before they were demolished
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Jews' Wailing Place, Jerusalem, 1891
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Jewish Legion soldiers at the Western Wall after British conquest of Jerusalem, 1917
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1920. From the collection of the National Library of Israel
Other websites
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- 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) Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Western Wall virtual tour (December 2007) Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
