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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre contains terrible art – but is filled with magic

Tanya Gold visits what is, without exception, the most arresting building in the world

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The Aedicule shrine at the centre of the main rotunda of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem Searagen
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 14 December 2024
issue 14 December 2024
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For a press tour of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – the Church of the Resurrection, the Mother of churches, site of the last four stations of the Cross – you must apply to the Patriarch. This being Jerusalem, there are three: the Latin, the Armenian and the Greek Orthodox.

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