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The Nea Church


The famous Madaba map, a magnificent and detailed mosaic map of Byzantine Jerusalem, depicts a large church at the end of the Cardo. Procopius, court historian of the emperor Justinian, details the construction of the new church – the Nea – in Jerusalem. It was inaugurated in 543 AD.
In the southern section of the Jewish Quarter, east of the southern side of the Cardo, in the precise location specified in the Madaba map, archeologists were able to find the remnants of the church at great depth. The excavation was carried out at two sites, in the Batei Mahse compound and outside the city walls. The impressive remains were indicative of the size of the church.



The most impressive of the church’s architectural remains were the domes of the Nea pool – a unique architectural monument in Jerusalem. The church is divided into six tall domed and plastered halls, supported by massive abutments
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