🏛️ Quseir Amra

Jordan · Asia · Cultural · 31.80°N, 36.60°E

Qusayr 'Amra or Quseir Amra, sometimes also named Qasr Amra, is the best-known of the desert castles located in present-day eastern Jordan. It was built some time between 723 and 743, by Walid Ibn Yazid, the future Umayyad caliph Walid II, whose dominance of the region was rising at the time. It is considered one of the most important examples of early Islamic art and architecture.

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Quick facts

Country	Jordan
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	31.80°N, 36.60°E · view on map

Quseir Amra is a cultural World Heritage site in Jordan, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Quseir Amra was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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