Wender·Vista
Mount Nebo
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileJordan
above the Jordan Valley, west of Madaba

Mount Nebo

— — the view Moses got.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The ridge where Moses, by the Book's account, looked across into a land he would not enter. The mountain rises 817 metres above the Jordan Valley in central Jordan, with Jericho below to the west and Jerusalem on the horizon on a clear day. The Memorial Church of Moses sits on the summit, and Byzantine mosaics from the sixth century still hold their colour underfoot.

from the studio
Mount Nebo
— bring it home

Mount Nebo, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Mount Nebo

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Mount Nebo is an 817-metre ridge in west-central Jordan, about 10 km west of the town of Madaba and 35 km southwest of Amman. From its summit the Jordan River valley opens northwest toward Jericho, the Dead Sea sits roughly 1,200 metres below to the southwest, and on a clear winter morning the towers of Jerusalem are visible across the Jordan rift, about 50 km west. The site has been a Christian pilgrimage destination since the fourth century and has been in the custody of the Franciscan Order since 1933.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the stone

The summit holds the Memorial Church of Moses, raised over the remains of a fourth-century chapel and rebuilt repeatedly through the Byzantine period. Its mosaic floor, dated by inscription to 530 AD under the bishop Elias, runs nearly nine metres and depicts hunters, herdsmen, and a now-famous menagerie of zebra, lion, and boar. The brazen serpent sculpture on the terrace, by the Italian artist Giovanni Fantoni, twins the Cross of Christ with the bronze serpent Moses lifted in the wilderness on the way through Edom.

— informed by Franciscan Custody
— the visit

The site is open daily, generally from 08:00 to 18:00 in summer and to 16:00 in winter, with a small entrance fee collected at the Franciscan-run visitor centre. It sits on most King's Highway tours from Amman and is usually paired with Madaba, 10 km east, for the sixth-century mosaic map of the Holy Land in St George's Church. Pope John Paul II visited in March 2000 and planted an olive tree on the terrace during his Jubilee pilgrimage; Pope Benedict XVI followed in May 2009.

— informed by Visit Jordan
— where
Jordan · Madaba Governorate, Jordan
— elevation
817 m · 2,680 ft
— position
31.7683° N · 35.7256° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
10 km E
Madaba
mosaic-map town
25 km SW
Dead Sea
rift-valley lake
35 km NE
Amman
capital city
30 km W
Bethany Beyond the Jordan
baptism site
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Mount Nebo
Madaba
Dead Sea
Amman
Bethany Beyond the Jordan
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Mount Nebo — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Deuteronomy 34 records that Moses ascended Nebo, saw the land of Canaan stretching from Gilead to the Mediterranean, and died there. The site has been Christian pilgrimage ground since at least the fourth century AD.

About 817 metres above sea level, which places it more than 1,200 metres above the floor of the Dead Sea a few kilometres to the southwest. The vertical drop is part of why the view carries.

On a clear winter morning, yes; the city is about 50 km west across the Jordan rift, and the Mount of Olives is sometimes visible. Haze obscures the view through most of the summer.

A nearly nine-metre Byzantine floor mosaic dated by inscription to 530 AD, with hunting scenes and animals including lion, zebra, and boar. It sits inside the rebuilt Memorial Church of Moses.

The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, which has held the site since 1933 and has overseen the archaeological excavations and the rebuilding of the Memorial Church on the original Byzantine footprint.

March 2000, during his Jubilee pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He planted an olive tree on the terrace beside the brazen serpent sculpture. Pope Benedict XVI followed in May 2009.

— about the piece in your home

The summit is on nearly every Jordan itinerary and on most cross-border pilgrimage routes. A Medium or a Coaster with a handwritten studio note carries the moment well for travellers, clergy, and pilgrimage leaders.

Yes; the ridge, the sky, and the Byzantine palette suit small chapels, parish offices, and home studies. A Small over a desk or a Medium beside a reading chair carries the place quietly.

The earth and bronze tones carry well in Old-World, Tuscan, and Mediterranean rooms, and against the cream walls of traditional studies. It also holds against modern olive-and-stone palettes in calmer contemporary spaces.

A single Large above a console. A 4-tile Mural above a sofa; a 9-tile Mural for a long wall where the rift valley needs room to open across the horizon line.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The colour lives in the ceramic surface and is unaffected by steam or ordinary kitchen heat. Glossy is best kept to dry walls.

A soft microfibre cloth with plain water. Nothing abrasive, no solvents. The surface holds its colour for the life of the tile, indoors or out.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is drawn in the studio's own visual language and made in-house in Knoxville. Nothing is licensed in or sub-contracted out, anywhere in the catalog.

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