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Qusayr ʿAmra

Qusayr ʿAmra

Also known as قصر عمرة

Year

723

Style

Islamic

Type

castle

Qusayr ʿAmra is a small Umayyad audience hall and bath complex set in the basalt desert east of Amman, built around 723-743 AD as part of the network of so-called desert castles that the late Umayyad princes used as country retreats. The…

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