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Church of the Holy Sepulchre

c. 335 CE-present · Jerusalem

A fourth-century basilica and rotunda monumentalized the Christian location tradition; destruction, rebuilding and shared custodianship produced the present complex.

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How the setting appeared

The Constantinian church joined a basilica, courtyard and rotunda around exposed rock and a cut tomb; later rebuilding substantially changed its form.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-HOLY-SEPULCHRECIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-VERSAILLESCIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-CAMBRIDGE Setting and material context · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Clergy, pilgrims, residents, rulers and craftspeople experienced a sacred complex repeatedly reshaped by ceremony, conflict, repair and negotiation.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-HOLY-SEPULCHRECIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-VERSAILLESCIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-CAMBRIDGE Lifeways and community · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Masons, timber workers, lamp keepers, clergy, guides, cleaners and vendors sustained construction and daily pilgrimage.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-HOLY-SEPULCHRECIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-VERSAILLESCIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-CAMBRIDGE Work, tools and exchange · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Christian communities venerate the site in different liturgical traditions. Faith claims and the site's historical development are presented separately.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-HOLY-SEPULCHRECIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-VERSAILLESCIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-CAMBRIDGE Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Post-classical networks
Region: West Asia · Jerusalem
Languages and scripts: Greek, Latin and Armenian in documented liturgical use; Arabic in local Christian and civic use
Important people: Constantine I, Roman emperor under whose patronage the fourth-century church was built; Macarius of Jerusalem, bishop associated by fourth-century Christian accounts with locating and building the sanctuary; Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph whose 1009 order destroyed much of the complex
Events and changes: 335 CE: Constantine's church complex was dedicated over a site identified in late Roman Christian tradition with Jesus's burial; 1009 CE: Al-Hakim's order led to the destruction of much of the complex; 1048 CE: Byzantine-sponsored reconstruction was completed; 1099 CE onward: Crusader authorities reworked the complex after taking Jerusalem
Evidence confidence: Strong for the fourth-century foundation and later monument; continuity of the precise first-century tomb identification remains debated.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-HOLY-SEPULCHRECIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-VERSAILLESCIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-CAMBRIDGE Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

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Agent citation CIT-CORE-HOLY-SEPULCHRECIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-VERSAILLESCIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-CAMBRIDGE Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 3 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

Each registered source ID is paired with its institutional URL for independent checking. Source count is transparent, and duplicate URLs count only once.

CIT-CORE-HOLY-SEPULCHRE

Church of the Holy Sepulchre: record evidence guide

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/148/

whc.unesco.org

CIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-VERSAILLES

The Tomb of Christ at the Holy Sepulchre

https://www.chateauversailles.fr/resources/pdf/en/presse/dp_stsepulcre_en.pdf

Palace of Versailles Research Centre

CIT-CORE069-HOLY-SEPULCHRE-CAMBRIDGE

The Building of the Holy Sepulchre

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/tomb-and-temple/building-of-the-holy-sepulchre/E9B343DB0987BF3C5CE17F431C33762D

Cambridge University Press

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