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Jerash is located 48 km north of the capital city of Amman. The festival site is located within the ancient ruins of Jerash, some of which date to the Roman age (63 BC). [48] The Jerash Festival is a festival which features poetry recitals, theatrical performances, concerts and other forms of art. [49]
The Temple of Artemis at Gerasa is a Roman peripteral temple in Jerash, Jordan. The temple was built in the middle of the highest of the two terraces of the sanctuary, in the core of the ancient city. The temple is one of the most remarkable monuments left in the ancient city of Gerasa (Jerash) and throughout the Roman East.
The Nujais Shrine is the mausoleum of a Roman family, and is one of the ruins that remains in the city of Amman, Jordan, and is located near Tabarbour, [1] north of Amman, close to the old Roman road in the city of Jerash. [2] It can be reached from the road via Sport City leading to the 'Ain Ghazal region.
Entrance to cathedral compound LOC matpc.04521.tif Ruins of Jerash (Gerasa). The cathedral ruins (Cathedral of St. Mary). Showing main avenue and the forum. LOC matpc.02752.tif Jerash Cathedral Gateway - Attribution to David Bjorgen . Jerash Cathedral (Cathedral of St. Mary) in Jerash, Jordan, now in ruins, was built on the site of a former ...
Location Criteria Area ha Year Description Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" (Al-Maghtas) Balqa Governorate: Cultural: (iii)(vi) 294 (730) 2015 Situated on the Jordan River, Al-Maghtas is considered the location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. A Christian pilgrimage site, it contains remains of Roman and Byzantine churches ...
Two new roads linking Jerash and Amman were built via al-Ruman and Swaylih respectively to accommodate the settlers' ox-drawn carts, while secondary roads were built connecting Amman to its satellite Circassian and Chechen villages. [24] Circa World War I there were 5,000–6,000 Circassians in Transjordan. [25]
After four centuries of stagnant and many times nominal Ottoman rule (1516–1918), Turkish control over Transjordan came to an end during World War I when the Hashemite Army of the Great Arab Revolt, took over and secured present-day Jordan with the help and support of the region's local Bedouin tribes, Circassians, and Christians. [78]
Pages in category "Roman sites in Jordan" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Temple of Artemis, Jerash; Tomb of the Roman Soldier;