Fountain, Jerash, Jordan

Fountain in the original Cathedral atrium, Jerash, Jordan. This Fountain Court is a piazza between St Theodore's Church and the West side of the Cathedral entrance. The Cathedral was originally the 2nd century AD Roman Temple of Dionysos which was rebuilt as a Byzantine church 350-375 AD. The Greco-Roman town of Gerasa is thought to have been founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great. It was conquered by Pompey in 63 BC and became a prosperous Roman town. Jerash was destroyed by an earthquake in 749 AD and its ruins were discovered in 1806 and the town excavated and reconstructed. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13425990

Media ID

45117507

Size

5448px x 3708px (7.8MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen