Amra Desert Castles
from Amman by road on the airport highway towards Azraq
Description:
Qusayr Amra Castle in the desert east of the Dead Sea, 94 km south of Amman (Jordan). Built probably in 712-715 under Caliph Walid I of the Umayyad dynasty.
In the castle preserved the main hall and adjacent rooms of baths, decorated with numerous paintings.
Paintings include: hunting scenes allegorical figures of history, philosophy and poetry musicians ballerina women and children. As well as images of the great rulers of the time: Byzantine Emperors, King of Spain, Negus of Abyssinia, King of India, and Emperor of China.
Amrah frescoes are exceptional not only for their joyful naturalism, but their very existence is a huge rarity in the Muslim East.
The painting of Kusayr-Amr has great historical and cultural significance. In early Islam, there was no ban on images of living beings.