JERASH AND AJLOUN CASTLE | JORDAN VLOG DAY 2 🇯🇴

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The second day of our Jordan travel vlog, today drive from Amman and visit Ajloun Castle and the Ancient City of Jerash before returning to our Hotel the Kempinski Amman for some swimming and bowling.

Ajloun Castle, medieval name Qalʻat ar-Rabad, is a 12th-century Muslim castle situated in northwestern Jordan. It is placed on a hilltop belonging to the Mount Ajloun district, also known as Jabal 'Auf after a Bedouin tribe which had captured the area in the 12th century. From its high ground the castle was guarding three wadis which descend towards the Jordan Valley. It was built by the Ayyubids in the 12th century and enlarged by the Mamluks in the 13th.

Ajlun Castle is located on the site of an old monastery, traces of which were discovered during archaeological excavations. Tradition has it that the name 'Ajlun goes back to a Byzantine-period monk who lived in the area.

Ajlun castle is open for tourism. Many areas of the castle can be explored. Tourists in Jordan often visit the castle. Inside there is also a museum exhibition with many interesting artifacts from the various time periods of the region.

Jerash is considered one of the largest and most well-preserved sites of Roman architecture in the world outside Italy.

Jerash is a city in Jordan, north of the capital Amman. Inhabited since the Bronze Age, it’s known for the ruins of the walled Greco-Roman settlement of Gerasa just outside the modern city. These include the 2nd-century Hadrian’s Arch, the Corinthian columns of the Temple of Artemis and the huge Forum’s oval colonnade. The Jerash Archaeological Museum displays artifacts excavated from the site.

After the Roman conquest in 63 BC, Jerash and the land surrounding it were annexed to the Roman province of Syria, and later joined the Decapolis league of cities. The historian Josephus mentions the city as being principally inhabited by Syrians, and also having a small Jewish community. In AD 106, Jerash was absorbed into the Roman province of Arabia, which included the cities of Philadelphia (modern day Amman), Petra and Bostra. The Romans ensured security and peace in this area, which enabled its people to devote their efforts and time to economic development and encouraged civic building activity.

Jerash has developed dramatically in the last century with the growing importance of the tourism industry in the city. Jerash is now the second-most popular tourist attraction in Jordan, closely behind the ruins of Petra. On the western side of the city, which contained most of the representative buildings, the ruins have been carefully preserved and spared from encroachment, with the modern city sprawling to the east of the river which once divided ancient Jerash in two.

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2021/2022 Camera equipment
Panasonic Lumix S5
Gopro Hero 9 Black
Insta360 One R
DJI Pocket 2
Edited on Apple Macbook Air M1
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Music by Artlist

Contents
00:00 Introduction
00:27 Breakfast
00:47 Travel to Ajloun Castle
01:29 Ajloun Castle
04:32 Travel to Jerash
04:49 Jerash Tour
18:16 Artemis Restaurant Jerash for Lunch
19:24 Travel back to Amman
19:32 Kempinski Hotel Amman
19:49 Swimming Pool at Kempinski Amman
20:20 Bowling at Strikers, Kempinski Hotel Amman
21:25 Evening walk around Amman
21:57 Back to Kempinski Hotel Amman
22:29 In the next episode
22:44 End screen

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