The desert castle of Amra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its well-preserved frescoes. It served as a country residence for nobles.
It has 3 bathrooms, a cold, a warm and a steam bath. The well is over 20m deep. There is something mystical about these desert castles

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Wogan99

February 22, 2024

Qusair ʿAmra (Arabic قصير عمرة, DMG Quṣair ʿAmra 'Small Palace of ʿAmra') is one of the desert castles and is a type of hunting lodge, around 70 kilometers east of Amman in the Jordanian desert, from the early eighth century, probably built by the Umayyad prince al-Walid ibn Yazid, the later Caliph al-Walid II. The word Qasr (Arabic القصر, DMG al-qaṣr), which these buildings often have in their names, means “castle, fortress”.
Qusair 'Amra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.
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Wogan99

February 22, 2024

Qusair 'Amra consists of a throne room and a Roman-style bath. The rooms are quite small for a palace and suggest only short stays. What is special about the Qusair 'Amra, however, is the rich wall painting, some of which is still there even after 1,300 years, but has suffered greatly in recent decades due to vandalism and improper treatment. However, when discovered by Alois Musil, an Austro-Hungarian orientalist, in 1898, copies of the wall paintings were made and thus preserved for posterity, albeit in a poor manner.

During renovation work in 2012, a Kufic inscription was discovered above a window that names al-Walid ibn Yazid without the title of caliph. It is therefore assumed that he had the castle built as a prince during the reign of his uncle Hisham (724–743).
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