Aqaba Church
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.Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Photo: Plánovací kalendář, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: church building in Aqaba, Jordan
- Also known as: “Roman church at Aqaba”
Photo: Plánovací kalendář, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Plánovací kalendář, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Plánovací kalendář, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ayla and Aqaba Archaeological Museum.
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 Aqaba Church.
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 Aqaba Church.
Aqaba Castle
Castle
The Aqaba Castle or Aqaba Fort, also known as the Mamluk Castle of Aqaba, Jordan, is a Mamluk and Ottoman fortified caravanserai on the pilgrimage route to Mecca and Medina which, in its current form, dates back mainly to the 16th century. Aqaba Castle is situated 1½ km south of Aqaba Church.
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 Aqaba Church.
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.
Aqaba Church
- Categories: church, temple, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aqaba, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
29.5337° or 29° 32′ 1″ northLongitude
34.99908° or 34° 59′ 57″ eastOpen location code
7GXPGXMX+FJOpenStreetMap ID
way 486154423OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q2845916
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Aqaba Church” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة العقبة”
- Catalan: “Església d’Àqaba”
- Dutch: “kerk van Akaba”
- Dutch: “Kerk van Akaba”
- Dutch: “Roman church at Aqaba”
- French: “ancienne église d’Aqaba”
- French: “Ancienne église d’Aqaba”
- German: “Frühchristliche Kirchenruinen”
- Italian: “chiesa di Aqaba”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Aqaba”
- Romanian: “Biserica din Aqaba”
- Slovenian: “Cerkev iz Akabe”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de Áqaba”
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