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 Je
A view of the Western Wall and plaza
Herodian ashlars of the Western Wall with the fine-grained stones heavily eroded alongside the perserved coarse-grained stones
A panorama of the Western Wall with the Dome of the Rock (left) and al-Aqsa mosque (right) in the background