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The Madaba Map mosaic inside St George's Church

Dead Sea & King's Highway

Madaba

The City of Mosaics, home of the 6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land in St George's Church.

  • Included in the Jordan Pass

When Christian families resettled Madaba in the 1880s they found mosaic floors under almost every house. The most famous is the Madaba Map, laid around AD 560: the oldest surviving map of the Holy Land, with Jerusalem, the Dead Sea with fish swimming away from its salt, and the Nile delta.

The Archaeological Park, the Church of the Apostles and a mosaic school where young artisans still work stone by stone make Madaba a relaxed first or last stop close to the airport.

Don't miss

  • Madaba Map in St George's Church
  • Archaeological Park mosaics
  • Church of the Apostles
  • Mosaic workshops
The Madaba Map mosaic inside St George's Church Byzantine floor mosaic of the Holy Land on the Madaba Map Greek Orthodox Basilica of St George in Madaba Detail of the sixth-century Madaba Map mosaic St George's Church, home of the Madaba Map

Tours that visit Madaba

Getting around

Private transfers, drivers and guides that cover this area.

Nearby

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