The Western Wall (HaKotel HaMa’aravi in Hibrew and Ḥā’iṭ Al-Burāq in Arabic) is a Jewish religious site located in the Old City of Jerusalem. The wall is also referred to as Wailing Wall or simply the Kotel. Just over half the wall, including its 17 courses located below street level, dates back to the end of the Second Temple period. It was being constructed around 19 BC by Herod the Great. The remaining layers of the wall were added from the 7th century onwards by the Umayyads and the Ottoman kings. Western Wall is 488 metre long and is the biggest Jewish pilgrimage in the world. It draws thousands of devout Jews every year who come to pray and stick prayer notes and goodwill messages into the cracks of the wall. Even the foreign head of states during their visit to Israel pay a visit to the wall. Western Wall  [...]