The most important traveler in Ottoman history, Evliya Çelebi, visited the Levant and Palestine twice in the middle of the 17th century. He included their details in the third and ninth volumes of his ten-volume encyclopedic work “Siyahat Nameh” In 1626, the (Ottoman) state was charging every European pilgrim 5 akjat (silver coins) as an entry fee.
On Easter Sunday, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher is opened by the Prince of the Liwa of Jerusalem.