Odeon Theater

The Odeon is a small 500-seat theatre in , Jordan. Not to be confused with the large Roman Theatre that stands right next to it, on the southern side of the Hashemite Plaza, the Odeon stands on the east side of the Plaza.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: Ancient Roman odeon in Amman, Jordan
  • Also known as: “Odeon” and “Odeon of Amman”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roman Theater and Citadel Hill.

Theater building
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Roman Theatre of is a 6,000-seat, 2nd-century Roman theatre. A famous landmark in the Jordanian capital, it dates back to the Roman period when the city was known as Philadelphia.

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The Amman Citadel on is an archaeological site on an L-shaped hill towering over Downtown Amman, in the central part of the capital of . is situated 560 metres northwest of Odeon Theater.

Ruins
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The Amman Citadel on Citadel Hill is an archaeological site on an L-shaped hill towering over Downtown Amman, in the central part of the capital of . is situated 500 metres west of Odeon Theater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amman and Jabal el-Hussein camp.

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is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.

Neighborhood
is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of the Abdali area district of .

Neighborhood
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Amman New Camp, usually known as the Al-Wehdat or Al-Wihdat camp, which is located in the Hay Al Awdah neighbourhood in southeast , the capital city of , occupies a 0.48 km2.

Odeon Theater

Latitude
31.95229° or 31° 57′ 8″ north
Longitude
35.9399° or 35° 56′ 24″ east
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Odeon Theater” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المسرح الشتوي”
  • Arabic: “مسرح الأوديون”
  • Basque: “Odeoi (Amman)”
  • Basque: “Odeoi”
  • Dutch: “Odeum van Amman”
  • Greek: “Ρωμαϊκό ωδείο του Αμμάν”
  • Hebrew: “תיאטרון אודיאון”
  • Italian: “Odeon di Amman”
  • Japanese: “アンマンのオデオン”
  • Korean: “오데온 극장”
  • Slovenian: “Odeon, Aman”
  • Spanish: “Teatro Odeon (Amán)”
  • Spanish: “Teatro Odeon”
  • Turkish: “Amman Odeonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Одеон у Філадельфії”
  • Urdu: “اوڈیون تھیٹر (عمان)”
  • Urdu: “اوڈیون تھیٹر”

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Highlights include Hashemite Square Gardens and Hashemite Plaza.

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