Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is a Gothic church built by the Crusaders, but only a trained eye of an art historian (which happens to be my case) can spot it. The decoration of the interior – each chapel decorated by a different denomination – does not resemble anything one would expect to see in a Western Gothic church. One striking element is the amount of lamps hanging everywhere, some of them works of art in themselves.

Lamps in the rotunda over the Edicule.

Lamps in the rotunda over the Edicule.

Lamps in the rotunda over the Edicule.

Lamps over the Stone of Unction in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Lamps in an Armenian chapel.

Lamps in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Lamps in the Orthodox chapel over Golgotha in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Lamps in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.