MadabaUNESCO World Heritage Sites in Madaba
2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Madaba.
UNESCO sites in Madaba
- Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas)Cultural · 2015 · 26 km
Situated on the eastern bank of the River Jordan, nine kilometres north of the Dead Sea, the archaeological site consists of two distinct areas: Tell Al-Kharrar, also known as Jabal Mar-Elias (Elijah’s Hill) and the area…
- Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)Cultural · 2004 · 27 km
Most of this archaeological site, which started as a Roman military camp and grew to become a town from the 5th century, has not been excavated. It contains remains from the Roman, Byzantine and Early Muslim periods (end…
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Sources: Site list: UNESCO World Heritage List (CC BY-SA 4.0)