Qusayr Amra: Architecture
The most fascinating of the Umayyad castles, with extensive fresco paintings in the audience hall and bath complex. UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.
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The main building is a three-vaulted audience hall, connected to the bath with three chambers.
In the adjacent well house, there was an elevated water tank, filled by a saqiyah, a water lifting apparatus, that has been restored.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
The most fascinating of the Umayyad castles, with extensive fresco paintings in the audience hall and bath complex. UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.