The Western Wall is one of the most holy places in Judaism. One of the many retaining walls built by King Herod the Great when he refurbished the Jewish Second Temple on a grander scale, it is one of the last standing remnants of Herod's Temple, dating from the destruction of Jerusalem during the First Jewish-Roman War in 70 AD. It is also referred to as the Wailing Wall. Unlike the Temple and the other Temple structures, it was not destroyed