This town is located 33 kilometers south of Amman, reached via two paths: a longer and overview, the "Road of Kings" , which dates back to about 5000 years, and the other path used as a shortcut for the airport.
Like Petra and Karak, Madaba lies above the value of its historical legacy : in fact inhabited since the Iron Age , the city and the surrounding plateau are privileged places for the reconstruction of archaeological and historical memory of the country as the "Holy Land " , a place mentioned in the Bible in the period of the Exodus (1200 BC), as one of the places in the plains of Moab conquered by the Israelite tribes.
Madaba was conquered by the Greeks with Alexander the Great, the Seleucids, the Ammonites, the Israelites, the Nabataeans and finally the Romans and the Byzantines. Thanks to the latter Madaba was covered by a veil of precious mosaics, with which the city has just the title of City of Mosaics.
We highly recommend a visit to the Church of St. George, which houses one of the most interesting works in this regard, "Map of the Holy Land," a mosaic dating from the sixth century, which is the way to Jerusalem when crossing another 150 steps, from Nile Delta to Palestine. The work is full of about 157 captions in greek and originally composed by two million pieces, now reduced to a third of the original work.
Map of the Holy Land is not the only one among the beautiful mosaics that adorn the churches of Madaba, which is why the museums of the place mainly deal this issue. The city itself, thanks to a ministerial project, boasts the presence of an important school craft for the restoration, repair and construction of mosaic works.
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| Ancient Mosaic Map of the Holy Land |
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| Church of St. George in Madaba |
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| Mosque of Jesus Christ in Madaba |
We highly recommend a visit to the Church of St. George, which houses one of the most interesting works in this regard, "Map of the Holy Land," a mosaic dating from the sixth century, which is the way to Jerusalem when crossing another 150 steps, from Nile Delta to Palestine. The work is full of about 157 captions in greek and originally composed by two million pieces, now reduced to a third of the original work.
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| Beautif Mosaic Art in Madaba |
Map of the Holy Land is not the only one among the beautiful mosaics that adorn the churches of Madaba, which is why the museums of the place mainly deal this issue. The city itself, thanks to a ministerial project, boasts the presence of an important school craft for the restoration, repair and construction of mosaic works.
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