🏛️ Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)
Byzantine stylite tower and World Heritage archaeological complex
📋 Fast Facts
- Byzantine stylite tower, approximately 15 metres high, built without mortar
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2004 (property ID 1093)
- Located 30 km southeast of Madaba, Jordan, on the steppe fringe
- Comprises Roman fort, 16+ Byzantine churches, and monastic structures spanning three centuries
Um er-Rasas, known in antiquity as Kastrom Mefa'a, is an extensive archaeological complex in central Jordan that documents ...