Damiya Roman Bridge
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: B. Isaac Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: B. Isaac Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Nov 04, 2024 08:43 AM
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History
Sited at an ancient crossing-point over the river Jordan, between Neapolis and Philadelpheia, a Roman-era bridge is thought to have been one of many. The modern bridge and its antecedents are often referred to as the "Damia Bridge".
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/689324
32.10271825, 35.53513115
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern Damia Bridge (AD 1900 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Damiyah Bridge (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- גשר אדם (Gesher Adam: Modern Hebrew, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Jisr Damiya (Arabic, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- جسر الدامية (Jisr ed-Damiye: Arabic, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Prince Muhammad Bridge (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Damiya Roman Bridge crosses Iordanes (river) (unspecified date range)
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 70 H1
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Jisr Damiya, over R. Jordan, between Neapolis and Philadelpheia
B. Isaac, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Damiya Roman Bridge: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/689324> [accessed: 04 April 2025]
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