Umayyad Gate
Umayyad Gate is an archaeological site in Aqaba, Jordan. Umayyad Gate is situated nearby to the archaeological site Aqaba Church, as well as near the hotel Movenpick.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aqaba Church and Ayla.
Aqaba Church
Archaeological site
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Aqaba Church is a historic 3rd-century church located in Aqaba, Jordan. It was unearthed in 1998 by a group of archaeologists and is considered to be the world's oldest-known purpose-built Christian church.
Ayla
Archaeological site
Aqābaʾ is the only coastal city in Jordan and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the Aqaba Governorate. Ayla is situated 360 metres south of Umayyad Gate.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum is the official archaeological museum of the city of Aqaba in Jordan. Aqaba Archaeological Museum is situated 1¼ km south of Umayyad Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aqaba and Tall al Khalifa.
Aqaba
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aqaba is Jordan's only port city. It is on the Gulf of Aqaba in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.
Tall al Khalifa
Village
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in Jordan at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of Aqaba. Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer… Tall al Khalifa is situated 2½ km north of Umayyad Gate.
Eilat
Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilat is the only Israeli city on the Red Sea. Eilat is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the Negev desert. It's sandwiched between Taba in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan, and often used as an access route to those cities because of its large modern Ramon airport.
Umayyad Gate
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aqaba, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.53358° or 29° 32′ 1″ northLongitude
34.99861° or 34° 59′ 55″ eastOpen location code
7GXPGXMX+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1454997292OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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