It is known as the Wailing Wall to a sacred place that is of great importance to the Jewish people, it is the Jewish temple of the city of Jerusalem, being part of the remains of the temple of Jerusalem, whose construction is attributed to King Herod, However, recent investigations have shown that Agrippa II would have been responsible for said work, this place was built just above the ruins of Solomon's temple. This is one of the four retaining walls that are located in the vicinity of Mount Moriá, which were built with the aim of expanding the esplanade on which the First and Second Temple of Jerusalem were built, giving way to what today It is known as the Esplanade of the Mosques by the Muslim tradition while in the Judeo-Christian tradition it is known as the Temple Esplanade.
In the year 70 AD when the precedent of the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by the Roman legions of the emperor Vespasian occurred. Only a portion of the wall of the building remained standing. It was General Titus who was held responsible for the siege of the city and the destruction of the temple, who also made the decision not to totally destroy the wall so that the Jews would not forget that Rome had triumphed over Judea. For that reason it is that the wall symbolizes the lament of the Jewish people because of this defeat and from that moment it is known under the name of the Wailing Wall.
Despite this, over the centuries the Jewish people understood that it was a message from God, according to which he affirmed that a part of the sacred temple would always remain standing, symbolizing God's eternal covenant with the people. Jewish. The Jewish people have prayed in front of this wall for the last two thousand years, since the belief is maintained that this is the most sacred accessible site for man on the entire planet, since it is impossible to access the interior of the Esplanade of the Mosques, which would be considered more sacred than the wall.
