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Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Detail, main entrance

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posted on 2017-07-03, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
Other than some restoration work, its appearance has essentially not changed since 1854. The same small ladder below the top-right window is also visible in recent photographs; this has remained in the same position since 1854 over a disagreement to move it.\u000a\u000aAfter the rediscovery of the Holy Places by Constantine in 326 they immediately became the focus of Christian veneration. Both Calvary (Golgotha) and the Tomb of Christ were isolated by cutting away the surrounding rock and earth, making them free-standing blocks. Between 326 and 337 the Tomb of Christ was surrounded by the so-called Anastasis (Resurrection) Rotunda. Rebuilding occurred in 1048. When the crusaders conquered Jerusalem in 1099 their immediate concern was to restore and beautify the Holy Sepulchre still further, with consecration on 15 July 1149. A church complex now stretches out behind the rotunda. The building was damaged by fire (1808), and then earthquake (1927) and restored in 1962. The Romanesque transepts and ambulatory survive, with the 19th-century choir. The rotunda retains something of its Byzantine appearance, and the Constantinian masonry is visible in its outer walls.

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Church of the Resurrection

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-07-03

Spatial Coverage

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel|+31.778444+35.22975|Jerusalem

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Romanesque', 'Early Christian', 'Crusader (style)', 'Byzantine']

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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