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Western Wall

The Western Wall (Hebrew: הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, romanized: HaKotel HaMa'aravi,ⓘ lit. 'the western wall'; Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: HaKosel HaMa'arovi) 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 Jews to the…

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Location
Jerusalem
Built
19 BCE
Built by
Herod the Great
Condition
Preserved
Height
Exposed: 19 metres (62 ft)
Length
488 metres (1,601 ft)

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Location, dimensions, stones

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Plaza

Wilson's Arch area

Robinson's Arch area

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In Islam

In Christianity

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Administration

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related to Late Roman and Byzantine periods (135–638) · 34
Western Wall → Aelia Eudocia, Av, Bar Kokhba, Byzantine, CE, Christian, Church Father, Common Era, Comparable, Constantine, During, Galilee, Gregory, In, Jerome, Jerusalem, Jews, Just, Moriah, Mount
related to Construction and destruction (19 BCE – 70 CE) · 32
Western Wall → According, Also, Around, Babylonians, BCE, BCE Herod, CE, First Jewish, Given Josephus, Great, Hebrew Bible, Herod, Herod's, Herod's Temple, Herodian, In, Israeli, Jerusalem, Josephus Flavius, King Agrippa II
related to External links · 26
Western Wall → Archived February, Historic Live Broadcast, Information Photographs, Israel Radio, Israeli Chief Rabbinate, Jewish Political Studies Review, June, Kotel, Live, March, Official, Online Archived February, Prayer, Spring, Temple Mount, The, The Shofar, The Western WallChabad, Virtual Library, Voice
related to Early Muslim to Mamluk period (638–1517) · 22
Western Wall → Ahimaaz, Benjamin, Bertinoro, Crusader, Eastern Wall, Gate, Holies, Holy, In, Jewish, Jews, Mercy, Obadiah, Paltiel, Rome, Samuel, Several Jewish, The, This, Tudela
related to Ottoman period (1517–1917) · 20
Western Wall → According, Gedaliah, In, Jerusalem, Jews, Magnificent, Mamluks, Mimar Sinan, Moses Hagiz, Ottoman, Purim, Selim, Selim's, Siemiatycze, Suleiman's, Sultan Suleiman, Temple, Temple Mount, Turkish Ottomans, Various
related to Relation to the Foundation Stone · 18
Western Wall → According, Dome, El-kas, Even, Foundation Stone, Holies, Holy, Holy Temple, In Judaism, It, Jews, Judaism, Kareth, Rock, Temple, Temple Mount, This, While
related to Transformation into worship area · 17
Western Wall → In, In September, Israeli, Its, Kohen, Ministry, Priestly Blessing, Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff, Rabbi-of-the-Wall Shmuel Rabinovitch, Religions, Resnicoff, Sixth Fleet, Sixth Fleet Chaplain, The, Wall, Western Wall Heritage Foundation, Wilson's Arch
related to Divine Presence · 15
Western Wall → An, Divine Presence, Eighteenth-century, God, His, His Presence, Isaac Luria, It, Jewish, Jonathan Eybeschutz, Midrash, Radvaz, Rav Acha, Temple, Zohar
related to American · 14
Western Wall → For, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jews, Muslim, November, Obama, Old City, Palestinian, State Department, The, United States, Wall, While
related to Height, courses, building stones · 14
Western Wall → At, Herodian, Most, Muslim Quarter, Old City, Others, Ramat Shlomo, The, The Wall, This, Wall, Western Wall Plaza, Wilson's Arch, Zedekiah's Cave

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wall western jews temple jewish jerusalem mount prayer site muslim one place section israeli area wailing century period would pray

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Western WallBuilt19 BCE1.00infobox
Western WallBuilt byHerod the Great1.00infobox
Western WallConditionPreserved1.00infobox
Western WallHeightExposed: 19 metres (62 ft)1.00infobox
Western WallLength488 metres (1,601 ft)1.00infobox
Western WallLocationJerusalem1.00infobox
Western WallMaterialLimestone1.00infobox
Western WallPart ofTemple Mount1.00infobox
Western WallTypeAncient limestone wall1.00infobox
Western Wallis asurviving wall of the Temple itself and cautioned Jews from approaching it0.90text
Western Wallrelated to AdministrationAfter0.60section
Western Wallrelated to AdministrationArab0.60section

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