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Surroundings:

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Location:

  • Jordan, Jarash
  • geo:32.272293,35.891262
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Building (other)
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=7871

Annotations

The Emperor Hadrian visited Jerash in AD 129-130. The triumphal arch (or Arch of Hadrian) was built to celebrate his visit. 

De Triomfboog van Hadrianus is mogelijk opgetrokken is ter gelegenheid van het bezoek van keizer Hadrianus aan de stad in 129-130.


Relevant museums

Archeologisch museum van Amman

Het oude archeologische museum van Jordanië.

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.


Nearby

Gerasa, Church of Marianus

Gerasa, Church of Marianus

Hippodrome Gerasa

Hippodrome Gerasa

Museum Gerash

Museum Gerash


This object was added by René Voorburg on 2012-06-26. Last update by René Voorburg on 2012-06-26. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/7871 . Download as RDF/XML, GeoJSON, KML.
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