![]() Description: Column, plaque set in ground.It is one of the few true antiquities in the parks of New York City and is a rare surviving relic from the last New York World’s Fair Major areas of loss existed when it was delivered to the park for the World’s Fair. The column, 4.94 meters in height, consists of three unfluted drums of marble of varying hues set on an “attic” styled base and topped by a Corinthian capital. Inside the pavilion were displayed “the oldest Torah, the Church of the Nativity, and the Mosque of the Dome of the Rock, symbols of righteousness, tolerance, peace and brotherhood.” Bisharat, was described in guides to the World’s Fair grounds as “a multi-peaked-and domed structure with an undulating roof” intended to evoke the rolling hills of Jordan, and was “surfaced in gold mosaic and shimmering blue glass.” It was situated near the Court of the Astronauts between the pavilions of the United Arabic Republic and Sudan at the site now marked by this Column. The Jordanian pavilion, designed by Victor H. A 1960s reconstruction of Jerash caused many ancient architectural artifacts to be removed altogether. severely damaged the colonnades of the ancient city, and again many older elements were adapted as building materials. When Roman Syria was reorganized in 63 A.D., Gerasa became a free city and was at its height when the Column of Jerash is believed to have been built.Īn earthquake at Jerash in 749 A.D. The town grew over the next three centuries into a major metropolis under Greek and later Roman occupation. Gerasa was once a small village prior to the rule of Greek general Antiochus IV (175-163 B.C.). King Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan presented this column to the New York World’s Fair Corporation and City of New York during Jordan’s participation in the New York World’s Fair of 1964-65, held in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Though the precise building from which the Column of Jerash originated has not been identified, given the common practice of reusing columns for reconstruction in Jerash, its historical and political importance remains intact. However, archeological research published in 2015 confirmed that the column cannot be from the temple given its size, design, and construction when compared to photographs of the temple's columns in their original position. It is attributed to the Temple of Artemis in World’s Fair brochures, in official documents and on the engraved plaque. by Romans in the ancient Jordanian city of Jerash, then known as Gerasa. ![]() The delicate column with its modified Corinthian capital is believed to have been originally erected in the second century A.D. This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found postedwithin the park.
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