Jerash Greek City in Jordan

After Petra, Jerash is the second largest tourist attraction in the country, characterized by a strong presence of archaeological sites.

Hadrian's Arch

The first to choose it for their settlement were the Greeks, due to its closeness to the Wadi Jerash, and the fertility of the land kissed by this river.




The conquest of Alexander the Great, however, not such great celebrity to the place as the next guided by the Romans. Under their hegemony in fact, the ancient Gerasa became part of a system of nine other cities ( Decapolis ) due to commercial and military ties which finally came to thrive.

Oval Forum

Among the major testimonies of Roman rule are now the remains of the crossroads formed by the cardo and the maximum decumano, crossing the city, respectively, in the north-south and east-west.

After various dominations and fortunes, the city experienced a period of decline, in part due to violent earthquakes destroyed and decimated the population.

Roman Theater

New waves of immigration from Russia at the end of the 800th A.D, finally gave new life-stream and brought attention to its heritage and the fact that it's found today in an extraordinary state of preservation is also due to this period.

Jerash Panoramic View

Among the major sites to visit Jerash are the ancient baths, the racecourse, the temple dedicated to Jupiter, the theater, the Arch of Hadrian, the hole and the walls culminating in the southern gate.

Colonnaded Street in Jerash City

Instead of the Byzantine era are three ancient churches, among them the Church of St. Theodore, was according to tradition, a place of miracles where Jesus turned water into wine.