Jerusalem Webcam Live
Two live views of the Western Wall Plaza, the last physical remnant of the retaining wall built by Herod the Great around 19 BC. Live 24/7.
Two independent views of the same sacred site
SkylineWebcams and EarthCam each run an independent live feed of the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem's Old City, giving two separate vantage points on the same historic wall.
The Western Wall — a retaining wall that outlasted the building it supported
The stones visible today were never part of the Second Temple's sanctuary itself. Around 19 BC, King Herod the Great undertook a massive expansion of the Temple Mount, and the Western Wall was built as one of four retaining walls holding up the enlarged platform — its lowest courses made from Herodian limestone blocks, some weighing between two and eight tonnes. When Roman forces under Titus destroyed the Temple in 70 AD, the retaining walls survived largely intact, leaving the Western Wall as the closest accessible point to where the Temple's Holy of Holies once stood.
Later builders added to what Herod began: Umayyad-era construction in the 7th century extended the upper courses, and Ottoman renovations around 500 years ago raised the wall further with smaller stones, visibly distinct from the massive Herodian blocks below. The practice of tucking written prayers into the wall's crevices has continued for centuries, and the site remains one of the most visited destinations in the Old City, drawing millions of visitors of different faiths each year.
What the two cameras show
Western Wall (SkylineWebcams)
SkylineWebcams · Old CityLive view of the Western Wall and Temple Mount area, showing worshippers and visitors at the plaza.
Watch live →Western Wall (EarthCam)
EarthCam · Aish HaTorah, Old CityA second, independent live view of the Western Wall Plaza, hosted in partnership with Aish HaTorah.
Watch live →According to tradition, the construction of the Temple Mount's various sections was divided among different levels of society, and the Western Wall — the outer supporting wall rather than the Temple itself — fell to the poorest workers, unable to hire labour and building it largely by hand. It is, by that same tradition, the only section still standing today.
Jerusalem's Old City beyond the webcams
Temple Mount: the elevated platform adjacent to the Western Wall, a site of deep significance across multiple faith traditions.
Via Dolorosa: the traditional processional route through the Old City, followed by Christian pilgrims.
Western Wall Tunnel: underground passages, first excavated in the 1860s, revealing further sections of the ancient retaining wall.
A wall built only to hold up someone else's building has outlasted that building by nearly two thousand years, becoming more sacred in its own right than the structure it was ever meant to support. Sometimes the supporting act ends up being the part that survives.
When to watch
Friday evening: for the gathering of worshippers as Shabbat begins at the plaza.
Getting there: the Western Wall Plaza sits in the Old City, accessible through several of its historic gates.
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