Ten different visitors out of thousands, on a sunny day at the Western Wall. Everyone who comes is searching for something, be it prayer, meaning, study or understanding.

Western Wall (Wailing Wall) is ranked #2 out of 13 things to do in Jerusalem. See pictures and our review of Western Wall (Wailing Wall).

According to the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, the Makhkameh wall was built around 700 years ago by the Mamluks. Engineers who visited the site said the wall was not a structural risk.

Engineers check the integrity and clean the stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Aug. 29, 2023. The Western Wall ... But since the unification of Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War, ...