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Qasr Kharana, Jordan
Qasr Kharana, desert castle, Jordan. This room has a vaulted ceiling, pilasters, small slit windows and shows a Sassanid influence. This building was built c. 710 in the early Umayyad period under the Caliph Walid I although its purpose is unknown. It did not have a military function. It is a square building with small projecting corner turrets and a projecting round entrance seen here on the South side. It has 60 rooms inside over two floors around a central courtyard where rain is collected. The small slit windows are for light and ventilation. It fell out of use and was damaged by several earthquakes before being rediscovered in 1901 and restored in the 1970s. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Unique Identifier
AR9181493
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
5616px × 3474px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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8TH CENTURY
Arch
Architecture
Azrak
building
Caliph
CALIPHATE
Castle
color
Desert
Entrance
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
HERITAGE
History
HORIZONTAL
Hraneh
IMAGE
INDOORS
INSIDE
interior
Islam
ISLAMIC
JORDAN
Jordanian
Kharaneh
Limestone
MC
MIDDLE EAST
Middle Eastern
Omayyad
Photograph
Pilaster
Qasr al Harrana
Qasr al Kharanah
Qasr Kharana
Room
royal
RUINS
Sassanid
TOURISM
Tourist Attraction
Travel
UMAYYAD
UNESCO
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
VAULTED
WALID I
Window
Zarqa