The Dome of the Rock, where Allah is said to have ascended to heaven, sits on the site of the Jewish Holy Temple, destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. More than 150 years earlier, Herod built a large retaining wall around the Temple compound, and the only remnant of the Temple complex is this retaining wall, seen just below the Dome of the Rock. It is called simply the Western Wall.

The Dome of the Rock, where Allah is said to have ascended to heaven, sits on the site of the Jewish Holy Temple, destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. More than 150 years earlier, Herod built a large retaining wall around the Temple compound, and the only remnant of the Temple complex is this retaining wall, seen just below the Dome of the Rock. It is called simply the Western Wall.