Monday, July 23, 2012

A visit to Jerash of Jordan .. City of a thousand column


The city of "Jerash" Jordan, one of the best tourist cities in the Arab world, and know the city of "a thousand" column. Was named after the word "Jursca", which means the place thick trees, and said that the Greeks called it "Gerasa."

Jerash is located northwest of the capital Amman, and away from a distance of 48 kilometers and a population of about 42 thousand people. Effects and the famous orchards and forests, and its terrain and moderate climate throughout the year. And frequented by tourists from around the world, Itensmoa fragrant bright history and civilization, and human heritage of this ancient city.

The researchers stressed the effects that the city of "Jerash" It was inhabited in prehistoric times, and that the builder was Alexander the Great, it has changed, nations and civilizations of Greece and the Romans, Arabs and Muslims, Mmajolha diverse culture and civilization.

Made up the city of "Jerash" of paved and colonnaded streets, temples and high, and stands, theaters, public squares and plazas, baths, fountains, towers and gates. And is famous for its effects varied by impress the mind of both the seen and the most famous Gate Hadrian "Arc de Triomphe", which was held in 130 AD, celebrate the visit of the Roman Emperor Hadrian to the city, which is about the entrance of a huge consists of three entrances to the largest entrance East and a length of 37 meters and width of 9 meters, and the gate is located at the beginning of the southern side of the ancient city, has destroyed large parts of the gate in 268 AD; because of war.


And tourist attractions and archaeological sites in Jerash, "Square Symposium" which were used in concerts and major events. Arena and takes many columns in the form of more than half of the circular, rising columns format beautifully, decorated with engravings and crowns Mzachzfah Abdaabh beautiful, and these columns were hidden under the ground that it was disclosed in 1920.

And there is a "street columns", which extends from the site "Square symposium" towards the north of the ancient city, with a length of about 800 meters, and land paved with stones rigid, and is surrounded by towering columns and decorated with reliefs crowns.

There is the city of "Jerash" Many of the stands and theaters, there is a runway in the south of the ancient city, and the other is located in the far north, has been the establishment of those listed for the establishment of folk, religious, and holding seminars and meetings, was built the theater in the southern end of the first century AD, which is a the Roman Amphitheatre to accommodate 3000 spectators, and the North Theater Festuab 1500 scenes and was allocated to the duels and wrestling predators. In the modern era were laid off in the presentation of the exploitation of artistic and cultural events from plays and concerts, where the theater is hosting the South every year, "the Jerash Festival for Culture and the arts."

It is famous monuments in Jerash, "For nymphs," which includes construction of water fountains set up to water nymphs in the late second century AD. It is a stately marble basin comprises of two floors and fountains of water, and garnish the bottom of the marble facades and magnificent, while the highest geometric motifs adorn a wonderful composition.
For nymphs in Jerash


And there is a "Temple of Artemis", who is known as the "Temple of Goddess Guardian of the city," was created in the second century AD. And close to it there is a "horse track", which is also called the circus, as it is located to the left of Hadrian's Gate, and is used in horse racing and horse-drawn carriages that.

The places that accept tourists to visit in Jerash, "Eye of Kairouan", which is one of the main sources of supply Jerash water, and flowing water within the walls of the ancient city, and made up "Eye of Kairouan" of pipe clay and channels of stone and is surrounded by runway of stone and the Romans used the "eye "In the spring festival.

If the "Jerash" famous effects of the Romanian and Greek, but it has also the existence of Islamic monuments, most notably "The mosque Hamidi," which is considered the most famous mosques in the city of Jerash, and was named the proportion relative to the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, was built in 1887 AD , and is surrounded by the Romanian effects from the north and west, and there in front of the Roman amphitheater and street columns, and the minaret of the mosque circular stone height of 15 meters. As well as the mosque will "age", which was built in 85 AH, an area of ​​96 square meters, has added his front wing, and a second floor area of ​​306 square meters and a home for the Holy Quran and has a circular stone minaret 35 meters high.


Among the most famous places that attract tourists in Jerash, "Nabi Hood", which is located on top of high mountain east of the ancient city of Jerash in the village of Nabi Hood, known by that name in relation to the Prophet Hud (AS). And the road to a narrow and winding, and consists "primarily" from the area of ​​a room 16 meters square topped by a dome and floor carpeted and a few.

It is natural gifts that God-given to the city of Jerash, richness with olive trees, which a total of about a million and a quarter of a million trees, it is also characterized by a dense forest of oak trees and juniper and valleys and springs of water, and frequently in the valleys trees, apricots and almonds.

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