"Town of mosaics" a Madaba Travel Page by angiebabe

People come here for the number of sites around the town with excellent mosaics. Theyre mostly in old churches with early christian mosaics.

Even the oldest mosaic in Jordan is here - or a piece of it - according to the museum at the Church of the Virgin Mary.

It was interesting to see the seemingly accepted mix of christian and muslim sites here - as far as a tourist town goes people were calm and pleasant - when I approached for help with directions or info they were helpful or people actually approached me to tell there was this or that church in that direction to go see. (all very helpful as there were actually very few signs around the place!)

Excellent museum with an excellent collection of mosaics brought from other sites around the area - along with the mosaics here on the original site of the Church of the Virgin Mary (Roman catholic origins or influences versus the early church)