"Royal Road" in Jordan A mosaic mural awaits entry to "Guinness"

The largest mosaic mural in the world, consisting of two million pieces, participated in the formation of about 120 thousand people, and an area of ​​180 square meters.

Located 33 kilometers south of the Jordanian capital Amman, is the city of Madaba, which dates back to the foundation of the Moabites in the 13th century BC.

The city is famous for its "mosaic", until it became known by this name because it is replete with many historical monuments that are adorned with this type of paintings, and it includes centers specialized in teaching art that has become its title.

Its history dates back to 1400 years ago Palestine is preparing to open the largest mosaic panel in the world

Based on this, Samer Al-Twal, a resident of the city, had the idea to make it a landmark, when he decided to form the largest mural in the world, and entered it in the Guinness Book of Records.

Royal road

The Anatolian reporter visited the Madaba Visitor Center, the first place a visitor to the city enters, where it allows him to see the path of the "Royal Road", which was carved with basalt, marble and granite stones, to become the largest mosaic panel in the world, with an area of ​​180 square meters.

And the "Royal Road" is one of the oldest and most important trade routes in the Middle East, and it starts from the outskirts of Cairo in Egypt, and extends along the Sinai Peninsula until it reaches Aqaba, then begins to turn north towards the Jordanian capital, and then to Damascus and the Euphrates River in Syria .

The largest mosaic panel in the world

Samer did not have the idea in passing, as it came from the core of his work as head of the Tourism Development and Heritage Preservation Society (founded in 2006, and affiliated with the Ministry of Tourism).

Samer told Anadolu Agency: "In 2013, the association launched the idea of ​​creating the largest mosaic panel in the world, and the goal was to enter Madaba into the Guinness Book of Records, as a city of mosaics and tourism."

He explains that "the idea began with the work of the royal road, which is the oldest road in Jordan, and mentioned in the Torah and the obelisk of King Mesha, and we drew the most important tourist attractions in the Kingdom. Rome".

He points out that "it is the only painting in the world of this size, with a height of 6 meters and a length of 30 meters, and contains about two million stones from several different rocks, they were large blocks and were cut into small stones, and we started drawing and shaping this painting."

Post 120 thousand visitors

And he added: "After about two months from starting the work of the large international painting, we had no money left to complete it, so the idea came that the people of Madaba and its visitors contribute to its formation, and we suggested to each visitor the installation of a stone with his name written on it, and the idea was very popular, and the number of participants in it reached about 120,000 visitors, most notably Queen Rania Al Abdullah (wife of the King of Jordan).

In cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism, the painting was placed in the Madaba Visitors Center; To inform the visitor upon arrival, which is a guide to the entire region.

"Royal Road" in Jordan A mosaic mural awaits entry to "Guinness" (report)Madaba is called the "Mosaic Capital" because most of its tourist sites contain paintings and maps of this kind.

The supervisor of the place from the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Alia Maasarwe, said that the ministry, in cooperation with the Association for the Development of Tourism and Heritage Preservation, implemented a mural "Royal Road", given the historical, civilizational and heritage importance of the city of Madaba.

Alia points out that the Ministry of Tourism has taken care of developing the services provided to visitors, given that the "Madaba Visitors Center" is the starting point for tourists to all the tourist sites in the governorate.

The organizers of the painting are based on an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Records, based on the number of participants in its formation, idea, theme and size, which is the largest in the world.

7 Trails in Madaba

Madaba is distinguished by the diversity of its tourism product, as it contains 7 tracks: Theban tourist track, adventure tourism, religious, heritage, cultural, and therapeutic tourism, and Christian pilgrimage.

The Jordanian city is called the "Mosaic Capital", because most of its tourist sites contain paintings and maps of this kind, and it includes 22 tourist sites.

Jordan includes - according to official statistics - about 100,000 archaeological and tourist sites, distributed in various governorates and cities of the Kingdom.