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West Wall

Western Wall
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Western Wall is located in Jerusalem
Western Wall
Shown within Jerusalem
Alternate name Wailing Wall
Kotel
Al-Buraq Wall
Location Jerusalem
Coordinates 31°46′36″N 35°14′04″E / 31.7767°N 35.2345°E / 31.7767; 35.2345Coordinates: 31°46′36″N 35°14′04″E / 31.7767°N 35.2345°E / 31.7767; 35.2345
Length 488 metres (1,601 ft)
Height exposed: 19 metres (62 ft)
History
Builder Herod the Great
Material Limestone
Founded 19 BCE
Site notes
Condition preserved

The Western Wall, Wailing Wall or Kotel (Hebrew: About this sound הַכֹּתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי , translit.: HaKotel HaMa'aravi; Ashkenazic pronunciation: HaKosel HaMa'arovi; Arabic: حائط البراق‎‎, translit.: Ḥā'iṭ al-Burāq, translat.: the Buraq Wall, or Arabic: المبكى‎‎ al-Mabkā: the Place of Weeping) is an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a relatively small segment of a far longer ancient retaining wall, known also in its entirety as the "Western Wall". The wall was originally erected as part of the expansion of the Second Jewish Temple by Herod the Great, which resulted in the encasement of the natural, steep hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount, in a large rectangular structure topped by a huge flat platform, thus creating more space for the Temple itself and its auxiliary buildings.


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