Jerash: Jordon Treasure

Jerash Governorate is located in the north of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Its city of Jerash. The total population of Jerash Baqraha 153.000 people. Irbid Governorate and surrounded by the north and west, Ajloun and Mafraq Governorate and each of the province east of the capital and the province of Balqa, Zarqa governorate to the south. The total area of ​​402 km ², and population density of 379 people per square kilometer.

Jerash is situated in the ancient region of Gilead, 45 km north of the capital Amman. Vary Jerash Governorate's geographical features of the cold mountains to fertile valleys (300 to 1100 meters above sea level), suitable for the growth of different types of agricultural crops.

Jerash is situated again in the top favorite places to visit in Jordan after Petra, consisting of Jerash from the streets paved and colonnaded, and temples high on hilltops, theaters, elegant squares and plazas, baths, fountains and city walls pierced by towers and gates. In addition to the nature of external Graeco - Roman veneer, Jerash also preserves a subtle blend of east and west at the same time. Its architecture, religion and languages ​​reflect a process by which the integration and coexistence of two cultures and two powerful Roman world - the Greek in the Mediterranean and the ancient traditions of the Arab world. Nowadays the visitor can wander between the structures of the city and suburbs and baths and paved streets, with lofty columns, which are all surrounded by walls and a wide range. Archeologists have found within these walls the remains of settlements dating back to the Bronze Age and Iron Age, and covenants Greeks and Romans, Byzantines, Umayyads and the Abbasids, which refers to the establishment of the rights for more than 2500 years. 

Referred to was the inclusion of research in the ancient city Bjursc in the list of World Heritage sites in Jordan.

Bathrooms Eastern part of the ancient city where the famous period ROMANIAN building public baths and is now part of the Tourism Project II, which aims to develop the old market and bathrooms East, which was completed cleaned and restored to be part of the tour the visitor to the city of Jerash through the rehabilitation of the bridge and extending over a river of gold in order to link the effects with the central city of Jerash, which will contribute to the creation of new jobs and private investment in handicrafts and traditional which is famous for the city and helps to market for incoming tourism.Site pools is composed of this site basins aquatic feeds the self-existence of a number of sources of water within basins and fed the ancient city of water through the pipes connected to Active in addition to a runway can accommodate about 500 people was used in cultural events in Roman times, has worked Ministry tourism and impacts on the development of the site in multiple phases to be displayed on the private sector for the purposes of tourism investment.Qasr Al Basha (his will): built this palace by Ali Pasha Kayed one of the dignitaries of the governorate of Jerash and the objective of this construction to be based trading provisions clan at the time, built this palace at the beginning of the thirties and return ownership to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (Department of Antiquities).Nabi Hood to the south-east of the city of Jerash and on top of one of the hills named after him over, said a religious tourist Jame visitors from all over the Kingdom for the purpose of blessing and prayer shrine of the Prophet Hood was the most sensational list without care or attention even received the honor for the ownership of re-qualifying until the launch of the Prophet's Mosque Hood, peace be upon him, which has become distinctive of the Islamic sites in the Kingdom of Jordan.Site of the monastery of Our Lady, "the fountain of life": Debbine monastery is located in the town of Debbine in the governorate of Jerash.