Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Sepulchre Church of the Holy Sepulchre is one of the most unusual structures, let alone, "churches," I've visited in my history of exploration. A maze of pathways, domed rooms, grand halls and seemingly subterranean chambers, controlled by different orders of Christianity hide in the old city. Somehow it is both built grandly on a hill, but hidden around the corner amongst the alleys and bustle of vendors, tourists, and food markets. The Church is thought to contain both the site of the crucifixion as well as Jesus's empty tomb. The Church was consecrated in the year 335 and is currently divided amongst the Roman Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, Coptic Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox, and Ethiopian Orthodox denominations. In this view of the main entrance a ladder can be seen below the left of a pair of windows. This ladder is known as the immovable ladder and is called such because the denominations who run the church agre...