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Surroundings:

Kastron Mefaa, Cappella dei Pavoni

Location:

  • Jordan, Umm ar Raşāş
  • geo:31.501753,35.921459
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 587 / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=57455

Annotations

Byzantine Church of the Rivers dates to 587 or 588. The nave mosaic portraits the donors and personifications of the Sea and Earth, unfortunately badly damaged by iconoclasts.

See:

  1. Rachel Hachlili: Ancient Mosaic Pavements: Themes, Issues, and Trends : Selected Studies, BRILL, 2009

Nearby

Kastron Mefaa, Cappella dei Pavoni

Umm Al-Rasas, Cappella dei Pavoni. Mefaat.

Umm Al-Rasas, Church of the Lions

Byzantine church.

Umm Al-Rasas [Kastrom Mefa'a, Mefaat]

Ancient settlement. Biblical Mefaat.


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