The Church of the Map is the modern Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, built in 1884 over a ruined Byzantine church from the time of Justinian ( AD 527 - 565). According to the Old Testament the Moabite city of Madaba was an important centre for Christianity.
The Madaba Mosaic Map is the oldest existing map of Palestine.
Jerusalem
The information centre next to the church
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