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Below we show some of the best tourist places of the city of Madaba
in Jordan, known as the city of mosaics.
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Sightseeing
of Madaba in Jordan
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| Mount Nebo | St. George Church | |
| Located 12 km northwest of Madaba is the last climb before the Dead Sea depression. From there you look at the Jordan, the oasis of Jericho, the Judean Hills, Jerusalem and of course the Dead Sea. According to the Bible account was the place where Moses died after a glimpse of the Promised Land and in whose place they built a chapel with mosaic that still stands. | It's a Greek Orthodox church built in 1896 on a former church of the sixth century Byzantine origin. Located in the center of Madaba has great attraction as a mosaic with a large map that once used to guide pilgrims to the Holy Land, which retains only one-third. | |
| The palace burned | Churches in Madaba | |
| It's an ancient palace of the Byzantine mosaics containing numerous recently discovered to be much visited by tourists. The palace was abandoned after a fire, thus the name. | Within the churches of the city of Madaba emphasize the Church of Our Lady of the sixth century, the Church of al-Khadir in the same period and of the Apostles. | |
| Fortress Mukawir | Umm-Er-Rasas | |
| It was built by Herod the Great where according to the Bible account was imprisoned John the Baptist. Today only ruins remain standing. | Located southeast of Madaba, are some ruins of the Byzantine world heritage site declared by UNESCO among which Byzantine tower and a church decorated with a floor of the Umayyad Age. | |
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Travel to Egypt and enjoy the Pyramids |
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