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Church of the Holy Sepulchre: the Crusader transformation (1099-1188 AD) The Crusaders conquered Jerusalem on July 15th 1099. It was their intention to give back to the Holy Sepulchre its splendor. Initially they only retouched the construction on the tomb of Jesus. In 1119 the whole aedicula was completely rebuilt by the bolognese sculptor Renghiera Renghieri. It was in this reconstruction that the vestibule of the tomb was added (it had been previously removed in the Constantinian construction)... (more) Read the full story |
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