Rotunda or Anastasis

It is built on the site of Christ's tomb. The diameter of the huge dome (1P) is about 20.5 meters; the height is 34 meters. Inside, the shrine contains two small rooms. The first is the Greek Orthodox Chapel of the Angel, a stone on which the angel who announced the resurrection of Christ to the holy women is said to have sat. It is probably a remnant of the round stone which closed the mouth of the sepulcher and was rolled away by the angel (3P). A low door then leads to the tiny Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre (2P), which contains the tomb of Christ itself. This is the 14th Station of the Cross and the holiest site in Christendom. Here a marble slab (4P)covers the place where the body of Christ was laid and from which he rose from the dead (The Tomb of Jesus is actually below this slab on which the candles are kept). Missed to click the tomb itself.....next time for sure.