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Jerusalem: Church of the holy sepulchre

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After years of trying to visit Jerusalem I finally managed to go visit it for 24 hours! and boy was it an amazing experience, im so happy to be able to check it off my list of places to visit!

Here we have the the incredibly atmospheric church of the holy sepulchre. the original structure that stood here was built by the Byzantines, Constantine's own mother actually and apparently the original basilica was an absolutely gorgeous sight(rivalling that of the Aya sofia in Constantinople itself) up until an insane fatmid caliph(called Hakim:the wise one lol) burnt it down and subsequently caused the crusades, it only had a small moment of reprieve until the temurs(aka the Mongols) burnt it to the ground a few centuries later in an effort to show how powerful and ruthless they were..

the sight we see here is the church after its 1808 restoration.

It was quite a pleasant surprise when i found the holy church, I had been wondering around the old city in the middle of the night(around 1am) when i decided to go find the mosque of Omar bin Khattab, located right next to the church, when i reached the church outer doorway I found it open! and realised that it was Sunday night and that they where holding mass! it was an amazing experience being in this place with only about 30 people in the entire place, walking about freely and listening to the voices of the priests.
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Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Shutter Speed
1/15 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
16 mm
ISO Speed
500
Date Taken
Aug 27, 2012, 2:33:13 PM
Sensor Size
4mm
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LUCILALEYLA's avatar
Beautiful capture and place :love: lovely series :clap: