🧿 Wilson's Arch (Jerusalem)

Wilson's Arch is the modern name for an ancient stone arch in Jerusalem, the first in a row of arches that supported a large bridge connecting the Herodian Temple Mount with the Upper City on the opposite Western Hill. The Arch springs from the Western Wall and is still visible underneath later buildings set against the Wall. The name Wilson's Arch is also used to denote the interior hall currently used as a synagogue, which the arch partially covers. This hall opens towards the Western Wall Plaza at the Plaza's northeast corner, so that it appears on the left side of the Kotel’s prayer section along the Western Wall, to visitors facing the Wall.