Qasr `Amrah Travel Guide

 triplehelix Says:  Qas'r Amra is probably the most popular of the Desert Castles to visit along the trail. The site houses artifacts and a brief wall of history in its museum. 

 antistar Says:  Qasr Al Amra one of the famous desert castles east of Amman. It was built in the 8th century AD, by Umayyad caliph Walid I. The castle was used as a hunting retreat by the caliph and his family, hence the walls are covered in glorious frescoes, depicting hunting of all kinds... 

 MalenaN Says:  I visited Qusayr Amra as part of a tour (only transport) organised from Farah Hotel in Amman. We were three people in the car sharing the price and I paid 13 JD. The places we visited were Qasr Kharana, Qusayr Amra, Qasr al-Azraq and the Wetland Reserve, Hammam Sarah and... 

 MiguelMV Says:  Some of the frescos in the vaults of the main hall represent a homage to all those who worked in the building of the castle. There are some other motives, including some sexual scenes too, something really rare in islamic art. In one of the walls you can see frescos of six... 

 MiguelMV Says:  The castle is one of Jordan's most importat medieval monuments. It was built between 705 - 715 under the command of Walidi I, who also ordered the building of Damasque's mosque. This castle is very small, but has some unique paitings in islamic art. There are human figures... 

 MiguelMV Says:  The most beautiful frescos of the castle are located in the vault at the hammam. It has details of the zodiac constellations. Some of them are now gone, but you can still see some of the zocial symbols, such as Sagitarius. The bath itself has three parts or rooms (the warm... 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  The hamman is divided in three different rooms: Apodyterium (dressing room), a tepidarium and one calidarium.The first room that you can see is the tepidarium. It has got a hiding arch. On the roof there are nice painting of animals and a figure of a nude woman. A very... 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  In this room you can see a big bathtub, On the roof of the cupula, above the bathtub, there is a fantastic painting of the sky-blue map, which reproduce the North Emisphere. You can recognice the Zodiac constellations and some characters of the Greek and Roman mitology. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  In the second room of the hammam there is a big bathtub. On the ground there is a hole where the hot air circled in the room. Here you can see on the roof a painting of a nude woman. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  Near the windows there are allegorical paintings of the Victory, the Filosophy and the Poetry. All of them has got the name in Greek. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  On the roof there are some fantastic paintings of the artisan jobs of the epoch: quarrymen intent to ochisel blocks, a mason which plaster spreads on the wall, two joiners, a blacksmith... 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  Near the painting of the six kings there is the painting of a woman on a sofa and all around her there are many figures. On the right you can see a nice painting of a woman that exit from an hammam. On the same wall there are many hunting paintings. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  On the west wall you can see the painting of the six sovereigns, four of which are been identified with the emperor of Bisanzium, the visigot king Rodrigo, the last Sasanide sovereign Cosroe and the Negus abyss. Everyone of them was hostile of the Islam and they are... 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  The inside of the room of the audiences is decorated with wonderful paintings. The paintings have been attributed to Syrian or Arab artists affected by the Byzantine art. The roof of the central nave is decorated with rural scenes in which one appears on feminine crowned by... 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  The castle of Qasr 'Amrah was probably built by the Umayyad caliph Walid I (705-715 AD), the same caliph that built the mosque of the Umayyads in Damascus. The castle was originally a place of relax and an hunting reserve from time to time used as a temporary lodging for... 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  The audience room rappresent the main building of the castle. It is 10 metres long and it has got three arcs to sixth lightly acute that create three naves. The central nave finishes in a withdrawal which was the room of the throne. The side naves lengthen on two little...