A total of 33 km .  of the capital is another "jewel" Jordan - Madaba (ancient Medeba) .  The city earned the title "City of Mosaics", founded about 4, 5 thousand .  years ago .  Do not just passed from hand to hand many conquerors, many times razed to the ground and again revived, and today it is one of the centers of Christianity in the Middle East .  Starting from VI .  n .  e .  the city erected Christian churches, the beautiful mosaic of them, and were the glory of Madaba .  The most famous of the panel found there is a mosaic map of the Holy Land (VI century . , The initial size of 25 5 m . ) Representing the territory of the Phoenician city of Tyre (Lebanon) to the delta of the Nile in Egypt (in the center - Jerusalem, with the layout of the time) .  In our time the card is in the current (!!) of the Orthodox Church of St. .  George (1884 g . ), Built over the remains of a Byzantine church .  In the city there are a number of well-preserved mosaic floors and panels (some of them are stored in the homes of local residents), the head of John the Baptist Cathedral, the church of the Prophet (578 g . ) Archaeological Park (it is the temple of the Virgin Mary (VI century . ), Roman Hall of Hippolytus (VI century . ), The Forum colonnade Cardo Maximus and the Temple of St. .  Elias (IV century . )) And an excellent museum, etc. .   I can complement the description