Jerash, the Gerasa of Decapolis
Today, this modern village is located east of the archaeological area. With ist square surrounded by its oval pillars, the Cardo with the well-preserved Tetrapylon, the theater, the Artemis Temple and the restored Hippodrome at Hadrian's Gate, Gerasa forms an ensemble of Greco-Roman architecture, which - in its size and variety - has yet to be matched. At the junction of old trade routes, Gerasa was supplied by its own smaller aqueducts and cisterns.
