Umm Qais

(Gadara)

Umm Qais, situated 110km north of Amman, was once known as Gadara (which means fortification).

It was one of the most brilliant ancient Hellenistic-Roman cities of the Decapolis and according to the Bible, the spot where Jesus cast out the devil from two men possessed by demons into a herd of pigs.

Umm Qais is on a broad promontory 378 meters above sea level which enjoys a magnificent view over the Golan Heights, Lake Tiberius (Sea of Galilee) , and Jebel al Sheikh in both Lebanon and Syria.