From this ridge above the Jordan Valley, Deuteronomy tells, the Lord showed Moses the land he would not enter (Deuteronomy 34:1–5). The Franciscans have cared for the summit since 1932; their Memorial of Moses, reopened in 2016, shelters some of the finest Byzantine mosaics in Jordan, and the view runs across the Jordan Valley to the Dead Sea.
Highlights
- Memorial of Moses and its Byzantine mosaics
- Panorama over the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea
- Franciscan monastery on the summit
- Time for prayer at the memorial
- 15 minutes from Madaba