Umm ar-Rasas

Amman Governorate · Jordan

Umm ar-Rasas, Jordan
Photo: Daniel Kirk, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
March to May
Budget
$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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A ruined town on the desert plateau preserving churches with exceptional Byzantine and Umayyad mosaic floors. A tall stone tower once used by ascetic monks stands nearby, and the whole site is inscribed as World Heritage.

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