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# Jerash
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/jerash/
- Published: 2015-05-04T16:21:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-05T14:54:02.000Z
- Description: Jerash, Jordan, is the site of the ruins of the Greco-Roman settlement of Gerasa. It is pretty awesome and the complex was much larger than I expected.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

Jerash, about 50 km north of Amman, is the site of the ruins of the Greco-Roman settlement of Gerasa. It is pretty awesome and the complex was much larger than I expected. I spent a full afternoon exploring the colonnaded avenues, temples and theatres. It was one of many highlights of my trip to Jordan.

![Jerash, Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-1.jpg)

The breathtaking Forum

![Jerash, Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-2.jpg)

The forum as seen from the Upper Temple of Zeus

![Jerash, Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-3.jpg)

Jerash's superb colonnaded cardo maximus, one of the highlights of Jerash

![Jerash, Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-4.jpg)

The agora

![Jerash, Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-5.jpg)

Looking down from the cathedral

![Jerash, Jordan](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-6.jpg)

The Roman ruins against the backdrop of contemporary Jerash

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-7.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-8.jpg)

I liked the contrast between old and new

![Jerash](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-9.jpg)

![Jerash](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-11.jpg)

Jerash's beautiful little North Theatre. Imagine performing here.

![Jerash](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-10.jpg)

The North Theatre

![Jerash](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-12.jpg)

The Propylaeum (Gateway to the Temple of Artemis)

![Jerash](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-13.jpg)

Columns at the Temple of Artemis

![Jerash](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-14.jpg)

Colonnaded streets in Jerash

![Jerash](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/jerash-15.jpg)

Columns at the Forum

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/12/jerash-16.jpg)

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