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Madaba
Also known as Medaba, Madaba Map
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31.7167, 35.8000 · Wikidata Q1683958 P625 (accessed 2026-11-12) · On the map
- founded or start. 1921high · Wikidata P571
Town in Jordan whose 6th-century mosaic floor map shows Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
Wikipedia extract
Madaba is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan, with a population of about 60,000. It is best known for its Byzantine- and Umayyad-period mosaics on Christian and Greco-Roman mythological subjects, especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of the Holy Land. Madaba is located on the Madaba Plateau, 30 kilometres south-west of the capital Amman.
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archaeology · mosaics