Places of worship provide peace and comfort to millions ... or a plot thousands of feet in the sky. Image caption, It's possibly the oldest tree in France - and certainly a church The church ...

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Emperor Constantine originally built the church in 326 A.D. as a Byzantine place of worship ... taking pictures." Located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ...