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      <title>Gadara&#39;s Octagonal Martyrium</title>
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            &lt;h4&gt;Ruins of the octagonal sixth-century Byzantine martyrium&lt;/h4&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Nestled on a plateau in the northwestern corner of Jordan lay the ruins of the ancient city of &lt;em&gt;Gadara&lt;/em&gt;. From this vantage point, just beyond the sleepy town of Umm Qays, you have a spectacular view of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) and the &lt;a href=&#34;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_of_the_Golan_Heights&#34;&gt;Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights&lt;/a&gt;. Like many other places in the region, Gadara appeared on the historical record after Alexander the Great&amp;rsquo;s conquest of the Near East in 333 BCE.&lt;sup id=&#34;fnref:1&#34;&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;#fn:1&#34; class=&#34;footnote-ref&#34; role=&#34;doc-noteref&#34;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; The city seems to have been mostly destroyed and subsequently abandoned after an earthquake in the eighth century.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Saint Thaddeus Church at Sunset</title>
      <link>https://picturingjordan.com/2018/07/saint-thaddeus-church-sunset/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:16:43 +0300</pubDate>
      
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            &lt;h4&gt;Iconic Armenian Church in Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh at Sunset&lt;/h4&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Shortly after moving to Amman &lt;a href=&#34;https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/&#34;&gt;I noticed this unique building&lt;/a&gt; on a distant hill and I set out on a sort of scavenger hunt to find it. The walk from downtown to Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh is packed with winding streets and steep staircases (some of which go nowhere). To this day the church is one of my favorite landmarks in Amman and I often make the trek there when I&amp;rsquo;m feeling like getting some exercise and exploring the city. I like to think of it as a pilgrimage — it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a religious site after all!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Saint Thaddeus Church in Amman</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2016 14:58:34 +0300</pubDate>
      
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            &lt;h4&gt;Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman&lt;/h4&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Even if the number of mosques in Amman &lt;em&gt;didn&amp;rsquo;t&lt;/em&gt; outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself &amp;ldquo;&lt;em&gt;Is that an Armenian church?&lt;/em&gt;&amp;rdquo; I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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