The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and earthquakes: Studies at the University of Florence in the early 2000s : Essay review

Kázmér, Miklós (2025) The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and earthquakes: Studies at the University of Florence in the early 2000s : Essay review. CENTRAL EUROPEAN GEOLOGY, 68 (1). pp. 1-6. ISSN 1788-2281

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Abstract

In 2006 the three Major Communities of the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem, concerned over the Church's stability in the event of a major earthquake, requested a technical evaluation of its structure, inviting a research team from Florence University. The present article is an essay review of the book (G. Tucci, editor: Jerusalem. The Holy Sepulchre. Research and Investigations, 2007–2011 ), which published the main results of this research. Historical documents and images are reviewed, followed by engineering details of the seismic vulnerability analysis, embedded in a rich geological and geotechnical context. It is suggested that further studies in construction history, providing details on material and workmanship, and using the tool of archaeoseismology can reveal whether parts of the church, affected by destructive earthquakes, did ever collapse or not.

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