Jerash, Ajloun, Umm Qais
Jerash, Ajloun, Umm Qais
Jerash ( The Roman city )
To this day, its paved and colonnaded streets, soaring hilltop temples, handsome theaters, spacious public squares and plazas, baths, fountains and city walls pierced by towers and gates remain in exceptional condition.
This fascinating city makes a great day-trip from Amman, particularly in spring, when the wildflowers are in bloom. The drive will take you less than an hour but will transport you 2000 years back in time.
JerashJerash has a year-round supply of water, Jordan Tour while its altitude of 500 meters gives it a temperate climate and excellent visibility over the surrounding low-lying areas.
The history of Jerash is a blend of the Greco-Roman world of the Mediterranean basin and the ancient traditions of the Arab Orient. The earliest Arabic/Semitic inhabitants named their village Garcia.
The Romans later Hellenised the former Arabic name into Gerasa. the Arab and Circassian inhabitants of the small rural settlement transformed the Roman Gerasa into the Arabic Jerash.
Ajloun
it’s one of the most beautiful cities that are located in the north of Jordan (76 kilometers (around 47 miles) northwest of Amman).
Visitors come to it from all over the world, if we think about why it attracts people from all around the world? The answer will be related to its great diversity in terms of nature, climate, history, culture, & civilization.
If we can describe the beauty of nature, we will not fulfill it because it has a multifarious vegetation cover it has a coniferous forest is considered as one of the most complete pine forests in the world, so imagine yourself visiting ajloun on spring it’s kind of nature heals imagine when you take a walk in ajloun wood on a sunny day it can awaken the innermost feelings of happiness and peace it will take all the negative energy away, just by smiling the fresh air you will be taken to another place full of quiet and spectacular painting that will heightened concentration, reduce stress and much more effects .
If you finish from enjoying nature ajloun will take you to an old history to tell you a small story about it culture and civilization just by entering the main gate of ajloun castle the story will begin a story of a great leader that try to make it a fulcrum point to protect the area and And maintain transportation routes. If you search about this castle you will not imagine what it looks like until you visit it and see the great history and glory.you should visit it and see what I mean by yourself. if you think this just what you will see in ajloun you are wrong it has much more to see and if you don’t like the nature or history you will like the religion places it will surely attract you and mind-blowing I am talking about the Church of Lady of the Mountain is the place where the Prophet Issa and his mother, the Virgin Mary, went through their journey to the Sea of Galilee.
I take you to a brief journey to ajloun now you have the choice to visit it and see what I am talking about is real. don’t miss this journey that will take you to a beautiful place.
UMM QAIS
Gadara – known today as Umm Qais was renowned in its time as a cultural center.
It was home to several poets and philosophers. One poets called the city ‘a new Athens’.
Umm Qais was one of the cities of the Decapolis and has a distinctive Roman city layout with colonnade streets, vaulted terraces, and two theatres.
Umm Qais’s location high in the mountains is a major attraction in itself as you can dine on the terrace of a fine restaurant and view the Golan Heights, Mount Hermon, Lake Tiberias and the Palestinian plains.
Umm Qais's charm still lingers today. A large portion of the western Roman Theater has survived history's upheavals. Vaulted passageway supports its rows of seats, built of hard basalt stones.
A row of elaborately carved seats for dignitaries stand near the orchestra, and in the center was a large headless white marble statue of Tyche, goddess of fortune and of the city, now displayed at the local museum.
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