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The Western Wall (Hebrew: הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, romanized: HaKotel HaMa'aravi, lit. 'the western wall', [1] is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount of Jerusalem.
Most of the tunnel is in continuation of the open-air Western Wall and is located under buildings of the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. While the open-air portion of the Western Wall is approximately 60 metres (200 ft) long, the majority of its original length of 488 metres (1,601 ft) is hidden underground.
The quarter was razed by Israeli forces, at the behest of Teddy Kollek, the mayor of West Jerusalem, three days after the Six-Day War of 1967, in order to broaden the narrow alley leading to the Western Wall and prepare it for public access by Jews seeking to pray there. [1] It is now the site of the Western Wall Plaza.
The Western Stone, beginning at shoulder level of the guide. The Western Stone is a monolithic ashlar (worked stone block) forming part of the lower level of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. This largest stone in the Western Wall is visible within the Western Wall Tunnel. [1] It is one of the largest building blocks in the world. [2]
Southern Wall of the Temple Mount; Western Wall – also known as the Wailing Wall, the accessible part of the western retaining wall of the Temple Mount; Walls of Jerusalem National Park – a national park in Tasmania, Australia named after the Walls of Jerusalem for having natural rock formations that resemble the Walls
Excavations adjacent to Robinson's Arch Robinson's Arch: the springers are still jutting out of the Western Wall. A number of archaeological excavations at the Temple Mount—a celebrated and contentious religious site in the Old City of Jerusalem—have taken place over the last 150 years.
In 1968, only a few months after the Six-Day War, Israel began excavations to uncover the portion of the Western Wall that was not exposed. [14] As the excavations continued, the opening to the arch was uncovered, and rubble began to be removed. [14] The entire length of the Western Wall was only cleared in 1985, 17 years later. [14]
Western Wall Plaza with the Western Wall in the background. The Western Wall Plaza is a large public square situated adjacent to the Western Wall in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was formed in 1967 as a result of the razing of the Mughrabi Quarter neighborhood at the very end of the Six-Day War.