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A Memory Palace in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

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I’m at a conference in Jerusalem at the moment. I went on a tour of the Old City that included a visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. I didn’t create a memory place there yet, but it would be a perfect building for it because of all the different sections. Check it out:

Floor Plans and Virtual Tours of the Church

Here is the floor plan of the Church. Clicking on the image will take you to the Wikipedia page that has the floor plans in several sizes as well as an SVG file:

Church of the Holy Sepulchre floor plan

There are also some virtual tours available online that can be used for memory palaces.

Here are some photos I took inside:

Church of the Holy Sepulchre wall

Church of the Holy Sepulchre light

Church of the Holy Sepulchre stairs

Church of the Holy Sepulchre interior

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

Church of the Holy Sepulchre resurrection

Walking around the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Church of the Holy Sepulchre skylight

Church of the Holy Sepulchre looking up

Church of the Holy Sepulchre stairs

Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Church of the Holy Sepulchre floor plan

Memory Palace Guide

Learn more about how to use memory palaces.

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Brad
Brad

I've often thought of creating a memory palace in my local cathedrals and large churches. The two main ones in Melbourne, where I live, are St. Patricks's Cathedral (Catholic) and St. Paul's Cathedral (Anglican). There are also some very large and ornate churches I could use too. Obviously there are larger and better places in Europe and the Middle East but youn need to work with somewhere you know.

Renee
Renee

Thank you for the pics. I used like with like for my first memory palace. I use the local churches to help remember mass readings, bible verses,etc.The more unusual the better.

Josh Cohen
Josh Cohen

Ornate churches seem like great places to create memory palaces, especially for memorizing things about history or religion.

Anthony
Anthony

This is a great idea because you can actually grab an image of the floor plan. If one wanted, one could print out a floor plan and inscribe it with the target material for the purposes of testing later.

The surroundings of iconic places like this are also often very useful once you've tapped out the building itself.