Qusayr Amra: Audience hall
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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Depiction of Walid ibn Yazid, the prince and eleventh Umayyad caliph (743/744 AD) who supposedly commissioned to build Qusayr Amra before his short reign.
© Photos: 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.
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