Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the University of Pavia Italy

Jordanian Studied Cases

ID: J1

Title: Um-Ar-Rassas Stylite Tower, Madaba, Jordan.

Period of construction: V-VI Century

Structural type: Block structure

Chronology of intervention:
-The tower was never restored.

Description of the Interventions:
-The tower was never restored.
-May 2003:
-The UNESCO started the procedure for the inscription of the site in the UNESCO’s World Heritage.
-It is now registered as a World Heritage site.

-Photos:
a: General view of the tower.
b, c: details of the unique hole (entrance) ,and the crown.
d, e: general view of the site.


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