The Romans did not destroy the Western Wall. It is the only part of the Temple that they did not destroy.
It was the 'final solution' to their struggle for control of the Western Mediterranean.
The wall variously known as the Wailing Wall or the Western Wall was built by King Herod as a retaining wall for the west side of the platform surrounding the Temple -- part of Herod's extensive remodeling of the Temple. It was the outermost wall dividing the Temple from the city of Jerusalem, and in the time when the Temple stood, it had no great importance except as physical support for the Temple grounds. The Romans destroyed the Temple, but in failing to destroy the Western Wall, they left it to become a monument to the Temple, hence its modern sacred status.
Actually, the western wall was the standing remnant of the Jewish temple complex that stood in ancient Israel (Judea). The Romans destroyed the temple, but the western wall which is still standing today in Jerusalem, remained standing. Today, it is a place of prayer for Jews.
King Herod the Great began rebuilding and adding to the temple in approximately 19 B.C.E (Before Common Era). Though he started it, the temple itself was not completed until 50 years later. A few years after its completion, Romans destroyed the temple as a means to strike back at Jews causing unrest in his state (circa 70 C.E).
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The Western Wall is not from the First Temple, it is the last standing remnant of the Second Temple which was destroyed by the Romans in the year 70CE.
They killed thousands of Jews and forced many others to leave. The Romans also destroyed the temple in Jerusalem. The Western Wall is what remains of it today.
The Western wall is located on the western side of the temple mount (called the Western Wall Plaza), in the heart of old Jerusalem.
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Most people pray at the western wall.