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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The double corridor with massive vaults was the substructure of the western colonnades on the lower temenos.
On the right, the western staircase.
At the very back, under the roof and behind it, are the rooms of the Roman-Byzantine bath complex.
© Photo: 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.