Category:Kastron Mefaa

**Kastron Mefaa**
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Instance of	castrum;
Part of	Limes Arabicus;
Location	Umm ar-Rasas
Heritage designation	World Heritage Site;
	31° 29′ 58.5″ N, 35° 55′ 11.6″ E
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The Oxford Reference dictionary gives “Kastron: (κάστρον), also kastellion and phrourion, fortress or citadel. Since fortifications became the main external sign of cities, the term kastron came to denote the city as a whole.” Indeed there is a large (about 150 x 140 meters) fortress (Kastron - or Kastrom – Mefa’a) that gave its name to what now is called Umm ar-Rasas (er-Rasas can also be found). In this category pictures taken at or within that fortress are collected. Three inscriptions in the Church of St. Stephen confirm that Kastron Mefa’a was the name for the whole city at the time. Within the southeast corner of the fortress two churches were found, next to each other. For good information see https://universes.art/en/art-destinations/jordan/umm-er-rasas/roman-fort .

Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

C

Church of the Palm Tree‎ (2 F)
Church of the Rivers‎ (4 F)

M

Kastron Mefaa in the town mosaics of the Church of St. Stephen‎ (6 F)

Media in category "Kastron Mefaa"

The following 31 files are in this category, out of 31 total.

Beginning of the 4th century as one of the military camps and forts erected or expanded under Emperor Diocletian, Um er-Rasas, Jordan - 50825127948.jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 7.11 MB
Beginning of the 4th century as one of the military camps and forts erected or expanded under Emperor Diocletian, Um er-Rasas, Jordan - 50825129058.jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 13.19 MB
Beginning of the 4th century as one of the military camps and forts erected or expanded under Emperor Diocletian, Um er-Rasas, Jordan - 50825873031.jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 6.88 MB
Beginning of the 4th century as one of the military camps and forts erected or expanded under Emperor Diocletian, Um er-Rasas, Jordan - 50825967422.jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 6.93 MB
Beginning of the 4th century as one of the military camps and forts erected or expanded under Emperor Diocletian, Um er-Rasas, Jordan.jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 7.05 MB
Kastell Mefa - Porta praetoria, Bauphase 1.svg 5,317 × 2,423; 117 KB
Kastron Mefaa (Umm er-Rasas) - Reste der Umwehrung, Jordanien, 2017.jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 8.47 MB
Kastron Mefaa (Umm er-Rasas) - Reste des Osttores, Jordanien, 2017.jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 8.64 MB
Kastron Mefaa (Umm er-Rasas) - Umwehrung (Detail), Jordanien, 2017.jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 9.72 MB
Kastron Mefaa (Umm er-Rasas) - Umwehrung, Jordanien, 2017.jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 8.33 MB
Kastron Mefaa (Umm er-Rasas), Jordanien, 2017.jpg 4,928 × 3,264; 8.39 MB
Kastron Mefaa - Kavalleriekastell, Ostseite, südliches Ende von Nordosten (1897).jpg 3,286 × 2,071; 2.17 MB
Um ar-Rasas at Roman Fortress SE corner 2852 Panorama.jpg 10,835 × 2,906; 19.27 MB
Um ar-Rasas at Roman Fortress SE corner 2870 Panorama.jpg 9,979 × 2,877; 18.38 MB
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Umm ar-Rasas at Roman Fortress SE corner 2874.jpg 4,928 × 3,280; 9.64 MB
Umm ar-Rasas Church Market 2866.jpg 4,928 × 3,280; 11.7 MB
Umm ar-Rasas Church of the Palm Tree 2860.jpg 4,928 × 3,280; 10.58 MB
Umm ar-Rasas near market sqaure 2861.jpg 4,928 × 3,280; 8.54 MB
Z Umm ar-Rasas JO 11.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 2.19 MB