Quseir Amra

archaeological site · 661 AD – 2099 AD

A desert castle built in the early eighth century CE by Walid Ibn Yazid, who would become the future Umayyad caliph Walid II. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.

Coordinates

31.80179, 36.58743

Also known as

Qasr Amra (en), Qasr Amra (en)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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