Madaba Mosaic Map - sacred destinations (sitios de interés)
Descripción del sitio
The moderately-sized city of Madaba became known as "the City of the Mosaics" in the late 19th century when many mosaics were uncovered throughout the city. The most famous of these is the Madaba Map, a highly valuable 6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land. It can be seen in the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. George.
Using two million colored tesserae, the map depicts hills and valleys, villages and towns in Palestine and the Nile Delta. Most importantly, it includes the earliest extant representation of Jerusalem. It has been a major key in developing scholarly knowledge about the physical layout of Jerusalem after its destruction and rebuilding in AD 70.
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