Jerash: the Rome of the East

Jerash is the second most visited tourist destination in Jordan after Petra. The ancient city of Jerash has been continuously inhabited for over 6,500 years and had its heyday under the dominion of the Romans. Today it is one of the best preserved Roman provincial towns in the world.
Hidden for centuries in the sand before being excavated and restored over the past 70 years, the ancient Gerasa is a wonderful testimony of the greatness and of the characteristics of the urbanization made by the Romans in the provinces of the Middle East empire: paved streets, columns, soaring hilltop temples, handsome theaters, spacious public plazas, baths, fountains and city walls pierced by towers and gates.
We spend a whole afternoon in Jerash. When we enter the city, we immediately find the Arch of Hadrian, beyond which stands the racecourse, where performances in traditional costumes take place every day. Then come the oval hole and the thistle Maximus, followed by the colonnaded street, the temple of Jupiter and many other excavations which I honestly don’t remember the name of.

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