Western Wall — Prayer-Facing Section

The story behind the place

The Western Wall is a surviving section of the retaining wall of the elevated platform in Jerusalem’s Old City. It is a major place of Jewish prayer. Look closely at the enormous lower blocks and the smaller masonry above them, then the plants rooted in the joints. The contrast makes the wall’s long history visible in its surface.

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