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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). [47] The Jerash Festival is a festival which features poetry recitals, theatrical performances, concerts and other forms of art. [48]
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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 ...
The Arch of Hadrian is an ancient Roman structure in Jerash, Jordan. It is an 11-metre high triple-arched gateway erected to honor the visit of Roman Emperor Hadrian to the city (then called Gerasa) in the winter of 129–130. [1] The arch originally stood to almost 22 m and probably had wooden doors. [1]
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 Jerash Archaeological Museum (Arabic: متحف آثار جرش) is a museum located in Jerash, Jordan. The museum is committed to preserving various historical artifacts from the Jerash Governorate . [ 1 ]
The map is usually on display in the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice in Italy. The Fra Mauro world map is a major cartographical work. [2] It took several years to complete and was very expensive to produce. The map contains hundreds of detailed illustrations and more than 3000 descriptive texts.
Madaba Map showing the Roman cardo in Jerusalem. During the visit of Hadrian to Judea in the 130s AD, Jerusalem's ruins were surveyed, and Hadrian decided to build a Roman colony in its place, naming it Colonia Aelia Capitolina, after the Roman deities Jupiter, Juno and Minerva (the Capitoline Triad), worshiped at the Capitoline Hill temple in ...