Saint George church is a Greek Orthodox Church that was constructed in 1884 on the orders of the Patriarch Gerasimos. It was built on a site of an ancient Byzantine basilica.
Location: King Talal Street, Madaba
Little remains of the ancient Saint George church structure. Floors of the original building were preserved along with the beautiful Greek mosaic that became known as a Mosaic of the Map. It was made in the 5th century AD during reign of Byzantine emperor Justinian. Mosaic of Saint George depicts a massive map of the Fertile Crescent from Nile river in Egypt to Euphrates in Iraq. It portrays several major cities of the Eastern Mediterranean along with biblical stories that have occurred in various locations of the Byzantine Empire. Center of the map is set in Jerusalem, the holy city. It is represented in a small detail along with major landmarks like temple of the Holy Sepulcher as it appeared in the 5th century AD. Shape of the Dead Sea and Jordan river is easily recognizable. Additionally you can easily find Mount Sinai, Memphis and other cities in Egypt.
Current remaining part of the map is made up of 2.5 millions fragments. In the ancient times mosaic was even bigger.