The Western Wall

The Western Wall is also called the “Wailing Wall”. It is the most religious site in the world for Jewish people. It's in the Old City in the Jewish Quarter below the Temple Mount, which today has the Muslim Dome and Mosque. It is the outer wall of the Second Jewish Temple. King Herod built this wall in 20 BC during an expansion of the Second Temple. When the Romans destroyed the temple in 70 CE, this support wall is all that survived.
Thousands of people visit the wall every year to visit and recite prayers which are either spoken or written down and placed in the cracks of the wall. The wall has two sections for males females.
Security in the entire plaza and areas around the wall is incredibly tight and checkpoints were up to control access to the actual wall, so I limited my visit to the view from above rather than intrude.Read more