Jerash

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ancient city archaeological site tourist attraction

Jerash is an ancient city in northern Jordan renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Greco-Roman ruins and monumental colonnaded streets.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Jerash, Jordan 1
ancient city of Gerasa 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
country Jordan ⓘ
distanceFrom about 50 km north of Amman ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 2nd century ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Roman period ⓘ
foundedInPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
governorateCapitalOf Jarash Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Jerash Governorate
hasAncientName Madaba ⓘ
surface form: Gerasa
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEvent Jerash Festival of Culture and Arts ⓘ
hasFeature archaeological conservation ⓘ
limestone ruins ⓘ
hasMaterialCulture Roman columns ⓘ
mosaics ⓘ
hasNameInArabic Jarash Governorate ⓘ
surface form: جرش
hasReligionHistorical Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
paganism ⓘ
hasStructure Byzantine churches ⓘ
Hadrian’s Arch ⓘ
North Theater ⓘ
Nymphaeum ⓘ
South Theater ⓘ
Temple of Artemis ⓘ
Temple of Zeus ⓘ
cardo maximus ⓘ
city gates ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
colonnaded street ⓘ
hippodrome ⓘ
oval forum ⓘ
heritageStatus major archaeological site in Jordan ⓘ
knownFor Roman architecture ⓘ
archaeological remains ⓘ
monumental colonnaded streets ⓘ
well-preserved Greco-Roman ruins ⓘ
locatedIn Jarash Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Jerash Governorate

northern Jordan ⓘ
nearRiver Wadi Jerash ⓘ
partOf Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Decapolis ⓘ
surface form: Roman Decapolis
region Gilead ⓘ
tourismImportance one of Jordan’s most visited tourist sites ⓘ
visitedBy Emperor Hadrian NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jordan → famousSite → Jerash ⓘ
Irbid → hasNeighbouringCity → Jerash ⓘ
Kingdom of Jordan → hasSite → Jerash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerash, Jordan
this entity surface form: ancient city of Gerasa