The Church of the Holy Sepulchre - 50 fils
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (كنيسة القيامة), situated in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, is venerated as the holiest sanctuary in Christendom. According to traditions established since the 4th century, the complex encloses the two most sacred sites in the New Testament: Calvary (Golgotha), the rocky hill where Jesus Christ was crucified, and the nearby rock-hewn tomb (the Aedicula) where his body was laid and from which he is believed to have resurrected on the third day. First consecrated under Emperor Constantine the Great in 335 AD following excavations led by his mother, Saint Helena, the site has served as the central destination for Christian pilgrimage across centuries.
The architectural view captures the famous 12th-century Crusader façade and dome of the complex facing the Parvis courtyard. Reconstructed and consolidated during the Kingdom of Jerusalem following earlier destructions, the southern Romanesque double-portal entrance and soaring dome unified the holy sites into a single grand basilica. Administered under the historic 1852 Status Quo arrangement—which governs the custodial rights shared among the Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic (Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land), Armenian Apostolic, Coptic, Syriac, and Ethiopian Christian communities—the holy edifice remains an enduring monument to religious heritage and international pilgrimage in Jerusalem.
The architectural view captures the famous 12th-century Crusader façade and dome of the complex facing the Parvis courtyard. Reconstructed and consolidated during the Kingdom of Jerusalem following earlier destructions, the southern Romanesque double-portal entrance and soaring dome unified the holy sites into a single grand basilica. Administered under the historic 1852 Status Quo arrangement—which governs the custodial rights shared among the Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic (Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land), Armenian Apostolic, Coptic, Syriac, and Ethiopian Christian communities—the holy edifice remains an enduring monument to religious heritage and international pilgrimage in Jerusalem.