Wikipedia — Jordan Travel Guide
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The Temple of Hercules
The Temple of Hercules crowns the Amman Citadel with two towering Roman columns visible across the capital. Built in the 2nd century AD, its giant marble hand and elbow fragments hint at a colossal statue that once stoo…
Read more → DestinationsThe Umayyad Palace of Amman
The Umayyad Palace complex on the Amman Citadel is one of the finest early Islamic buildings in the region, its domed gatehouse reconstructed and its colonnaded courtyard echoing the caliphal architecture of the 8th cen…
Read more → DestinationsThe Roman Odeon of Amman
The Roman Odeon, a compact 2nd-century theatre beside the larger Roman Theatre, once seated about 500 spectators for concerts and civic gatherings. Its steep rows and acoustics are wonderfully intact. Free to enter with…
Read more → DestinationsThe Nymphaeum of Amman
The Nymphaeum was Roman Philadelphia's grand public fountain, a two-storey marble monument dedicated to the water nymphs. Its carved niches and channels still frame a small park beside the Roman Theatre. Most visitors w…
Read more → DestinationsAbdoun Bridge
The Abdoun Bridge is the capital's architectural landmark — Jordan's first and only cable-stayed bridge, sweeping over the valley to link South Abdoun with the 4th Circle area. Illuminated at night, it is best seen from…
Read more → DestinationsThe Raghadan Flagpole
The Raghadan Flagpole, near the Raghadan Palace grounds, rises 126 metres and was long counted among the world's tallest free-standing flagpoles. The Jordanian flag flies day and night above the capital. It is best view…
Read more → DestinationsThe High Place of Sacrifice
The High Place of Sacrifice, Jebel al-Madhbah, is Petra's best-preserved cult platform — an altar courtyard cut into the mountain top where processions once honoured Dushara. The climb from the Theatre passes the Lion M…
Read more → DestinationsThe Great Temple of Petra
The Great Temple complex, south of the Colonnaded Street, is Petra's largest freestanding compound — monumental stairways, a 600-seat theatre and carved elephant capitals that hint at its ceremonial grandeur. Excavation…
Read more → DestinationsThe Temple of the Winged Lions
The Temple of the Winged Lions, across from the Great Temple, was likely the cult centre of the goddess Al-Uzza — its name comes from the carved sandstone capital of winged lions found here, now displayed in the Petra M…
Read more → DestinationsThe Garden Hall
The Garden Hall complex near the Great Temple reveals Petra's engineering genius — an artificial garden and pool with an island pavilion, irrigated by the city's sophisticated channels in the middle of the desert. The r…
Read more → DestinationsThe Obelisk Tomb
The Obelisk Tomb, on the path before the Siq, is crowned by four pyramidal obelisks in an Egyptian style that hints at the Nabataeans' trading world. A two-bench triclinium below was for ritual feasts. It is one of the …
Read more → DestinationsBab as-Siq: The Djinn Blocks
Bab as-Siq, the 'gate of the Siq', is lined with enigmatic cube-shaped djinn blocks — carved god-thrones — and the Dushara relief, the first Nabataean monuments visitors encounter on the approach to Petra. They are free…
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