Petra Tour: Great Temple
The largest freestanding architectural complex in Petra did not serve religious worship, but was built as a representative royal reception hall, up from the end of the 1st century BC or beginning of the 1st century AD.
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For the so-called 'Great Temple', terraces have been hewn out of the rock on the northern slope of Katute Hill. The difference in height between the uppermost platform of the three-level structure and the Colonnaded Street (left) is 25 meters.
On the far left of the photo is the gate to the sacred precinct (temenos) of Qasr al-Bint, the main temple of Petra. In the background, the Royal Tombs on the rock face of Jabal al-Khubtha.
© Photo, text: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
The largest freestanding architectural complex in Petra did not serve religious worship, but was built as a representative royal reception hall, up from the end of the 1st century BC or beginning of the 1st century AD.
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