Jerusalem

On September 13, 335, the Church of Holy Sepulchre was consecrated in Jerusalem. An excerpt from the article:

"Christianity
Jerusalem remains significant for Christians who continue to revere the Old Testament traditions of the Jews. However, it is much more famous for the holy sites connected to stories of Jesus in the gospels. The pool of Bethesda has recently been excavated; it was found among the later pagan temples of Asclepius and Serapis (most probably built in Hadrian's time) and then covered over with later Byzantine and Crusader churches.

The most popular holy site associated with Jesus is found within the complex known as The Church of the Holy Sepulcher. In 324 CE, Helena, Constantine I's mother, made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and had visions that helped her to locate several sites. She claimed to have found the "true cross" in a well in the north-western section of the Old City as well as the tomb of Jesus. Constantine built a church on the site, which was later expanded during the Crusader period. The edifice and the doors that remain today are from this later period.

The church incorporates several elements that are aligned with the story of the crucifixion. On the right side of the doorway is a staircase that takes visitors to a chapel that covers the hill of Calvary, where Jesus was executed. Inside the main door is the stone where his disciples allegedly laid his body. The centerpiece is the tomb itself, housed in a cupola in the center of the church."