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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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Jerash canonical 17
ancient city of Gerasa 6
Jerash archaeological site 3

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 Hadrian ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Hadrian

Referenced by (35)

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

Jordan → famousSite → Jerash ⓘ
Kingdom of Jordan → hasSite → Jerash ⓘ
Irbid → hasNeighbouringCity → Jerash ⓘ
Roman ruins of Jerash → locatedIn → Jerash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerash, Jordan
Roman ruins of Jerash → partOf → Jerash ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient city of Gerasa
Jarash Governorate → capital → Jerash ⓘ
Jarash Governorate → administrativeCenter → Jerash ⓘ
Jarash Governorate → contains → Jerash ⓘ
Jarash Governorate → contains → Jerash ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient city of Gerasa
Jarash Governorate → hasCity → Jerash ⓘ
Jarash Governorate → hasNotableSite → Jerash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oval Plaza of Jerash
Zarqa River → nearbyCity → Jerash ⓘ
Economy of Jordan → tourismAttraction → Jerash ⓘ
Department of Antiquities of Jordan → oversees → Jerash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerash archaeological site
Northern Jordan → hasCity → Jerash ⓘ
Northern Jordan → hasArchaeologicalSite → Jerash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerash archaeological site
Oval Plaza → locatedIn → Jerash ⓘ
Oval Plaza → partOf → Jerash ⓘ
this entity surface form: archaeological site of Jerash
Cardo Maximus → locatedIn → Jerash ⓘ
subject surface form: Cardo Maximus (Jerash)
Cardo Maximus → locatedIn → Jerash ⓘ
subject surface form: Cardo Maximus (Jerash)
this entity surface form: Jerash Archaeological Site
Cardo Maximus → connects → Jerash ⓘ
subject surface form: Cardo Maximus (Jerash)
this entity surface form: North Gate (Jerash)
North Theater → locatedIn → Jerash ⓘ
North Theater → locatedIn → Jerash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerash Archaeological City
North Theater → partOf → Jerash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerash archaeological complex
Temple of Artemis → locatedIn → Jerash ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of Artemis (Jerash)
Temple of Artemis → partOf → Jerash ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of Artemis (Jerash)
this entity surface form: ancient city of Gerasa
Hadrian’s Arch → locatedIn → Jerash ⓘ
subject surface form: Hadrian’s Arch (Jerash)
Hadrian’s Arch → partOf → Jerash ⓘ
subject surface form: Hadrian’s Arch (Jerash)
this entity surface form: Jerash archaeological site
Nymphaeum → locatedIn → Jerash ⓘ
subject surface form: Nymphaeum (Jerash)
Nymphaeum → locatedIn → Jerash ⓘ
subject surface form: Nymphaeum (Jerash)
this entity surface form: Jerash Archaeological Site
Nymphaeum → locatedIn → Jerash ⓘ
subject surface form: Nymphaeum (Jerash)
this entity surface form: ancient city of Gerasa
Nymphaeum → modernNameOfCity → Jerash ⓘ
subject surface form: Nymphaeum (Jerash)
South Theater → partOf → Jerash ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient city of Gerasa
South Theater → partOf → Jerash ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman city of Gerasa
Temple of Zeus → partOf → Jerash ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of Zeus (Jerash)
this entity surface form: ancient city of Gerasa