Qusayr Amra [1] or Qusayr Amra ( arab. قصير عمرة , often called Qasr Amra ) is a desert fortress located in eastern Jordan [2] .
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| Kusayr Amra [* 1] | |
|---|---|
| [* 2] | |
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| A country | Jordan |
| Type of | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, iii, iv |
| Link | 327 |
| Turning on | 1985 (9th session) |
It was built at the beginning of the 8th century (in the period between 723 and 743 years), at that time it was both a fortress and a residence of caliphs of the Umayyad dynasty . Nowadays, it is largely in a ruined state, however, elements of the bath (hammam) and a large number of frescoes [3] remain, which are examples of the secular art of medieval Muslim countries. Included in the number of UNESCO World Heritage sites .
Notes
- ↑ BDT / Kusayr-Amra
- ↑ Khouri, Rami . Qasr'Amra (Eng.) // Saudi Aramco World: magazine. - Vol. 41 , no. 5 Archived copy January 3, 2010 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Petrova LD The murals of the baths of the castle Kusayr-Amara. Aspects of perception of the Arab-Muslim culture of the ancient heritage. // Actual problems of the theory and history of art : Sat. scientific articles. Issue 2 Ed. A.V. Zakharova - St. Petersburg: NP-Print - 2012. - p. 53-59 ISBN 978-5-91542-185-0
See also
- Picture of six kings
Links
- Quseir-Amr - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- UNESCO