Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Church · Burial place

church in Jerusalem, containing the two holiest sites in Christianity

Location: 31.7784, 35.2298

What this place is

  • Church — the Holy Sepulchre. The pilgrim of 333 records the basilica already standing over the vault — see the gloss `what-the-pilgrim-of-333-saw`.
  • Burial place — the vault itself: `crypta`, a stone's throw from Golgotha

Who is recorded here

In art

About the place

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.

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