Jordan Tourism

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Jordan, a country rich in cultural heritage, offers tourists a unique variety of experience, whether through its historical, religious or other beautiful sites.
Amman, Jordan's capital, is an ancient city, first known as Rabbath 'Ammon in the Iron Age and later as Philadelphia which is one of several Greco-Roman cities in the urban confederation known as the Decapolis.
One of Amman's treasures is the Roman Byzantine and early Islamic ruins on Jabal al-Qal'a (Citadel Hill); a 2C AD Roman theater built to hold 5,000 spectators, and an archaeological museum.

Besides Amman, northern Jordan is home to other ancient cities of the Decapolis. These include Jarash (Gerasa), Umm Qays (Gadara), Tabaqat Fahl or Fihil (Pella), Bayt Ras (Capitolias), and Quwayliba (Abila).

Jarash, straddling one of the ancient world's key trade routes, offers extensive and breathtaking ruins of colonnaded streets, arches, temples, and baths in a remarkable state of preservation and completeness.

Tabaqat Fahl, in the northern valley, has yielded an impressive display of archaeological evidence revealing human presence from early Neolithic times to the present. These include the remains of a Bronze Age fort, a 1C AD theatre, a 100,000 gallon Byzantine cistern, along with churches, houses, and shops from various periods.

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Jordan Tourism