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[The Holy Church of the Resurrection at Jerusalem]In greek. Soft cover, 28 cm, 194 pp., ill. The Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem is among Christianity’s most outstanding monuments. Built by Constantine the Great between 326 and 335 A.D. as the new religion’s first centre of pilgrimage, it has undergone numerous and fundamental changes to its fabric during its long history. This book examines the construction phases of the church, which lies at the centre of the group of buildings surrounding the sites of Christ’s passion. Besides examining various archaeological and architectural topics the book includes a full series of architectural plans and reconstructions, never before published, the work of a team of architects and other specialists supervised by G.P. Lavas and D.D. Balodimos, professor emeritus at the National Thechnical University of Athens. Accompanying and elucidating the texts, they enable both researchers and the general reading public to acquire a full and accurate… Read More
