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  • Um Qais

  • Um Qais

    Umm Qais is a historic town in northwestern Jordan, best known for the ruins of ancient Gadara, one of the cities of the Decapolis. The site preserves important Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman remains, including black basalt architecture, Roman urban features, and a traditional Ottoman village overlooking the Jordan Valley and the Lake Tiberias.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Gadara (Modern Um Qeis or Qays).
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    Um Qais
    by David Bjorgen, GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Um Qais
    by David Bjorgen, GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Um Qais
    by Bernard Gagnon, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 345 m

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    Um Qais

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2001

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Jordan

    Irbid

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    4th Century BC

    Hellenistic

    Roman

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    Hellenistic & Roman Monuments

     

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