Things to Do in Jordan

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Dome of the Ascension

The Dome of the Ascension (Arabic: قبة المعراج‎ Qubbat al-Miraj; Hebrew: כִּיפָּת הַעֲלִיָּיה‎ Kippat Ha'Aliyah) is a small, free-standing domed structure built by Crusaders that stands just north the Dome of the Rock on al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem.The Dome of the…

Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque

Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque (Arabic: مسجد جمال عبد الناصر‎ Masjid Jamal 'Abd an-Nasser) is the largest mosque in al-Bireh, West Bank, Palestine.

Bi'er Yacoub

Jacob's Well (Arabic: بئر يعقوب‎, Bir Ya'qub, Greek: Φρέαρ του Ιακώβ, Fréar tou Iakóv, Hebrew: באר יעקב‎, Be'er Yaaqov; also known as Jacob's fountain and Well of Sychar) is a deep well constructed from rock that has been associated in religious tradition with Jacob…

Chapel of the Ascension

The Chapel of the Ascension (Hebrew: קפלת העלייה‎ Qapelat ha-ʿAliyya; Greek: Εκκλησάκι της Αναλήψεως, Ekklisáki tis Analípseos; Arabic: كنيسة الصعود‎) is a chapel and shrine located on the Mount of Olives, in the At-Tur district of Jerusalem.

Saint George monastery viewpoint

The Monastery of Saints John and George of Choziba, best known as Saint George Monastery in Wadi Qelt (Arabic: دير القديس جورج‎) or simply the Monastery of Choziba, is a monastery located in Wadi Qelt, in the eastern West Bank, in Area C. Its Arabic name is Mar Jaras.

Tell Mar Elias

Tell Mar Elias is a tell, i. e. an archaeological mound, located slightly outside the town limits and northwest of Ajloun in the Ajloun Governorate, northern Jordan, in the historical region of Gilead.

Heshbon

Heshbon (also Hesebon, Esebon, Esbous, Esebus; Arabic: حشبون‎, Latin: Esebus, Hebrew: חשבון‎, Ancient Greek: Ἐσεβών, Ἐσσεβών, Ἐσβούτα, Ἐσβούς, Ἔσβους, Ἔξβους) were at least two different ancient towns located east of the Jordan River in what…

Salt

Al-Salt (Arabic: السلط‎ As-Salt — pronounced Es-Sult or Es-Salt) is an ancient agricultural city and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem.

Al Qastal

Al Qastal (Arabic: القسطل‎) is a town in the Amman Governorate of northern Jordan. Originally established as an Umayyad settlement, it remains the oldest and most complete such settlement in the Near East The remains of the minaret at Qastal is especially important as it is the only one exta…