Petra Tour: Ad Deir (Monastery)
The monumental rock façade in a magnificent mountain landscape is one of Petra's highlights. On the plateau there are further rock structures worth seeing, such as chambers, cult niches, sacrificial places, cisterns.
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On the right rock face you can see how much of the mountain had to be removed. See the other picture above.
On a rock terrace to the left of Ad Deir stand the remains of a 3 x 3 m altar with some weathered steps (at the bottom of the photo).
The staircase on the rock leads up to the "roof" of Ad Deir. It was closed and blocked by a wall after a tourist crashed from the urn.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
The monumental rock façade in a magnificent mountain landscape is one of Petra's highlights. On the plateau there are further rock structures worth seeing, such as chambers, cult niches, sacrificial places, cisterns.
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