Wailing Wall/Kotel (Jerusalem)
| place with historical importance, wall(s), synagogue, place of worship, jewish
Israel /
Jerusalem /
Jerusalem /
רחבת הכותל המערבי
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place with historical importance, wall(s), synagogue, place of worship, jewish
The Wailing Wall or Kotel 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 begun 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.
The wall was originally erected as part of the expansion of the Second Jewish Temple begun 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.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Wall
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 31°46'36"N 35°14'4"E
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- Bridgettine Sisters Monastery 1.1 km
- Mount of Olives 1.5 km
- Russian Orthodox Gorney Monastery and Church 7.5 km
- Great Lavra of St. Sabas (Mar Saba) 12 km
- Latin monastery 15 km
- Nabi Musa 19 km
- Mount of Temptation 22 km
- St Gerasimos 26 km
- Greek Orthodox Basilica of Saint George. (Madaba) 53 km
- The Old City of Jerusalem 0.3 km
- Kidron Valley 0.4 km
- Muslim Quarter 0.4 km
- Mount Zion 0.5 km
- Mount Moriah 0.5 km
- Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery 0.7 km
- East Jerusalem 1.7 km
- Gush Etzion 13 km
- Judea and Samaria ("West Bank") 19 km
- Judea 24 km