Basilica del Santo Sepolcro

The Collegiate Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre was first mentioned in 1130, at a time when the old pilgrims' hospital, dating from the late 11th to early 12th centuries, was attached to the church. In 1291, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Randulphus, brought back from Jerusalem a fragment of the real wood of the Cross of Christ, which has been particularly venerated in the Church of the Sepulchre ever since. In 1456, an earthquake caused severe damage to the bell tower in the northwestern wing of the church. In 1556, the priory of the church was entrusted to the Knights of the Order of Malta, who took possession of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, until their abolition in 1799. Between 1968 and 1972, the entire building underwent a complex restoration.

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