Museum (Beit Russan)

Museum (Beit Russan) is a building in Irbid Governorate, Jordan. Museum (Beit Russan) is situated nearby to Umm Qais Museum, as well as near the ruins North Theatre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Umm Qais Museum and Gadara.

Umm Qais Museum

Museum

The Umm Qais Museum, also known as the Umm Qais Archaeological Museum, is an archaeological museum at the ancient site of Gadara in Umm Qais, northern Jordan.

Gadara, in some texts Gedaris, was an ancient Hellenistic city in what is now Jordan, for a long time member of the Decapolis city league, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. Gadara is situated 380 metres west of Museum (Beit Russan).

West Theatre

Theater building

Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.

West Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 130 metres west of Museum (Beit Russan).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Umm Qais and Malka.

Umm Qais

Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Umm Qais, also known as Qays, is a town in northern Jordan principally known for its proximity to the ruins of the ancient Gadara. It is the largest city in the Bani Kinanah Department and Irbid Governorate in the extreme northwest of the country, near Jordan's borders with Israel and Syria.

Malka

Town

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Malka is a town in Irbid Governorate, Jordan, within Bani Kinanah District. Official locality tables published by the Department of Statistics list Malka among the localities of Irbid. Malka is situated 7 km east of Museum (Beit Russan).

Sha’ar HaGolan

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Sha'ar HaGolan is a kibbutz situated at the foot of the Golan Heights in the Jordan Valley area of north-eastern Israel. Located less than 1 km from the border with Jordan, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. Sha’ar HaGolan is situated 8 km northwest of Museum (Beit Russan).

Museum (Beit Russan)

Type: Building
Location: Irbid Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

32.65583° or 32° 39′ 21″ north

Longitude

35.67936° or 35° 40′ 46″ east

Open location code

8G4QMM4H+8P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 115558707

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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