Photos

Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

The Edicule

This structure preserves the location of Christ's
tomb. Though the cave here was carved away by a
Muslim ruler 1000 years ago, a clear history remains
that this has been the revered location of the tomb.
Al-Hakim's efforts to destroy the tomb (and
Christianity) in 1009 were not the first.

Earlier the Roman emperor Hadrian erected a large
platform of earth over the whole area for the
construction of a temple to Venus. Jerome adds to
Eusebius' statement that a statue of Jupiter was on
the site for 180 years (140-320 A.D.) When
Constantine converted the empire to Christianity, he
had the pagan temples dismantled, the earth removed
and a church built over the spot.



The quality is not so good because it is very dark
inside and i did not use a flash.
The photo was of course lightened up with
shadows/highlights in PS.

I wanted to show it anyway - this is one of THE important places of christianity.