Qasr al Azraq Travel Guide

 crazyman2 Says:  Well, that's not quite true!The Romans were here 'first' ----there was plenty of water (oasis) nearby.Then, in 1917, Lawrence was here. he called it the blue fort ----the almost black stone from which some of the fort is made probably look blue when wet ----as do... 

 antistar Says:  The castle sits guarding an extremely stragegic point in Jordan. It's close to the borders of Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia, but more importantly for such an arid region, it sits atop the Azraq Oasis, the only permanent source of freshwater in over 12,000 km of parched... 

 MalenaN Says:  When you walk around in Azraq Wetland Reserve you should follow the trails and not enter the tunnels in the reeds. The tunnels are made by water buffalos and they are not always happy to meet an intruder. Well, we didn’t see any water buffalos while we were there and not... 

 MalenaN Says:  Azraq Wetland Reserve contains a large mudflat, pools and marshlands just in the middle of the Eastern Desert of Jordan. The wetland has suffered big ecological damage as water levels decreased when more and more drinking water was pumped to Amman. Now the wetlands, or at... 

 MalenaN Says:  Qasr Azraq is built in black basalt and was originally constructed by the Romans (about 300 AD). Through the years it was then renovated several times. During the Umayyad period it was used by al-Walid II as a military base and for hunting. In 1917 TE Lawrence and Sherif... 

 MalenaN Says:  I visited Azraq 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 Qasr... 

 MiguelMV Says:  In some books it is known as the "Blue Castle" because of the dark blue colors and flashes that come from the basaltic stone. It was use as a defense fortress against foreign invassions. There have been different castles or fortress during different periods, in fact, recent... 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  In the towar along the northern wall there is a big basalt door, one of the three bog door built by Romans 2000 years ago!!! 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  In the Northern area of the castle there were the residential buildings. Here you can recognize (but it is not easy!!) the kitchen, the dining room and the stores. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  On the north-east side of the castle there is a well that untill 20 years ago had got the water. On the north-west side of the castle there are the prison. Here you can see the original roof of the castle made with flat black stone. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  In the middle of the courtyard of the castle there is the mosque. It was built in the 13th century over the ruins of a Byzantine Church. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  Upper the tower of the main entrance there is the room of T.E.Lawrence. In front of the entrance there is a small altar built by Roman in the third century AD. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  When you arrive to this castle the first thing that you can notice is its black colour. The castle is built with black basalto and it has got three floors. The main entrance is a unique stone of basalto.T.E.Lawrence said in his book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom that this door... 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  Many Greeek and latin inscription said that this castle was dedicated to Roman emperors Diocleziano and Massimiano. It was built between the 286 and 305 AD and it was called Dasianiss. This fortrees was very important because it was built along one of the main streets that...