Located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also called the Church of the Resurrection or Church of the Anastasis by Eastern Christians, contains, according to traditions, the two holiest sites in Christianity: the site where Jesus was crucified, at a place known as Calvary or Golgotha, and Jesus's empty tomb, where he is said to have been buried and resurrected. The tomb is enclosed by a 19th-century shrine called the Aedicula. The Status Quo, an understanding between religious communities dating to 1757, applies to the site.
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