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Description |
Year Taken |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Odeon |
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The Odeon theatre dates from the 2nd century. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Odeon |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48473.jpg) |
The rear of the Odeon. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Odeon |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48474.jpg) |
The entrance to the self standing building. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Odeon |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48475.jpg) |
The theatre holds 500 people. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Odeon |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48476.jpg) |
The stage entrance. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48477.jpg) |
Jordanian desert guard in the Museum of Popular Traditions, one of two museums at the site. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48478.jpg) |
Circassian woman. The Circassians originated from the Caucuses. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48479.jpg) |
Circassian man. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48480.jpg) |
Thob, a traditional dress item of Beersheeba (now in Palestine). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48481.jpg) |
Necklaces. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48482.jpg) |
Midraka, a traditional dress item of Irbid (northern Jordan). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48483.jpg) |
Beduin jewelry. The Beduin are the main indigenous group in Jordan. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48484.jpg) |
Beduin jewelry. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48485.jpg) |
Beduin jewelry and stones. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48486.jpg) |
Beduin blue beads. Blue is the colour of the "evil eye" in this region. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48487.jpg) |
Beduin blue beads in a ribon. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48488.jpg) |
Amber necklaces. Amber was brought to the region by Greek traders. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48489.jpg) |
Amber necklaces. The word "amber" is Arabic. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48490.jpg) |
Necklace made of agate. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48491.jpg) |
Patterns from southern Palestine. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48492.jpg) |
Women's face coverings from southern Palestine. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48493.jpg) |
Silver head dresses worn by Druze women from Syria. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48494.jpg) |
Inlaid table. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48495.jpg) |
The thob worn by women of Ramallah, Nablus, Jerusalem and Bethlehem (all now in Palestine). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48496.jpg) |
Silver crescents. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48497.jpg) |
Beduin ornaments. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48498.jpg) |
Beduin bracelets. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48499.jpg) |
Chunky Beduin bracelets. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48500.jpg) |
Kirdan, a type of choker necklace. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48501.jpg) |
Church mosaic. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48503.jpg) |
Detail of an animal on a church mosaic. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48502.jpg) |
Mosaic with Greek inscription (Jerash). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48504.jpg) |
Mosaic with cups and bath slippers (Madaba). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48505.jpg) |
Mosaic with cock and grapes (Jerash). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48506.jpg) |
Mosaic with dove (Madaba). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48507.jpg) |
Mosaic of a partrage in a cage visited by another. In Byzantine times this was a symbol of the soul imprisoned in the body (Jerash). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48508.jpg) |
Mosaic of a young man with a wig (Madaba). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48509.jpg) |
Mosaic of a grape gatherer with a Phrygian cap (Jerash). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Museum of Popular Traditions |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48510.jpg) |
Detail of a mosaic. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Folklore Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48511.jpg) |
Model of a Beduin household in the Folklore Museum, one of two in the complex. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Folklore Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48512.jpg) |
An Ud (from where the word "lute" comes from) made in Syria. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Folklore Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48513.jpg) |
Musical instruments. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Folklore Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48516.jpg) |
Coffee grinder. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Folklore Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48514.jpg) |
Coffee pot. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Folklore Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48515.jpg) |
Metalware. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Folklore Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48517.jpg) |
Shisha pipe. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Folklore Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48518.jpg) |
Cylindrical message carrier. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Folklore Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48523.jpg) |
Tea table. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Folklore Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48520.jpg) |
Village room. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Folklore Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48519.jpg) |
Model of a weaving room from al-Salt. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Folklore Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48522.jpg) |
Insense burner. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
Roman Amphitheatre |
Folklore Museum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48521.jpg) |
Tawla (backgammon). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48524.jpg) |
The golden domed Salmah Bin Alakwa'a Mosque. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48525.jpg) |
Fruit stall. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Nymphaeum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48526.jpg) |
The Nymphaeum was a Roman public fountain. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Nymphaeum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48527.jpg) |
The site is on a street corner. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Nymphaeum |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48528.jpg) |
The Nymphaeum dates from the 2nd century. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Al Nuriye Mosque. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48530.jpg) |
The Citadel dominates the downtown area from the city's highest hill. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48531.jpg) |
The Citadel is the original Ammonite settlement of the city. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48532.jpg) |
The Citadel overlooks the Roman Amphitheatre in the heart of downtown. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48533.jpg) |
The site has structures from several eras. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48534.jpg) |
Many of the buildings are ruins. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48535.jpg) |
Visitors. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48536.jpg) |
The Citadel became a Greek garison in 325 BCE and a Roman fort in 63 BCE. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48537.jpg) |
The Temple of Hercules. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48538.jpg) |
The Temple of Hercules dates from 180. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48539.jpg) |
The Romans took the Citadel in 63 BCE. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48540.jpg) |
Roman ruins. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48541.jpg) |
Part of a statue. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48542.jpg) |
Roman structures. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48543.jpg) |
The Abbayid Watchtower dates from 1220. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48544.jpg) |
Byzantine church built in the 7th century. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48545.jpg) |
Ruins of a Byzantine church. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48546.jpg) |
The Ummayad (Islamic) section. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48547.jpg) |
The Ummayad domed entrance hall dates from c730. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48548.jpg) |
The entrance hall interior. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48549.jpg) |
The dome of the entrance hall. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48550.jpg) |
Ummayad decoration. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48551.jpg) |
View from the entrance hall. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48552.jpg) |
The Citadel is like a city within a city. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48553.jpg) |
Ummayad houses. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48554.jpg) |
Foundations of Ummayad houses (c 730). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48555.jpg) |
Ruins of an Ummayad palace. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48556.jpg) |
The Ummayad quarter. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48557.jpg) |
Colonaded Roman street. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48558.jpg) |
Residential quarter. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48559.jpg) |
The city beyond the Citadel. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48560.jpg) |
The Ummayad mosque. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48561.jpg) |
Ruins of the Ummayad mosque. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48562.jpg) |
The city from the Citadel. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48563.jpg) |
View of the city's hills. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48564.jpg) |
High rise in the commercial district. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48565.jpg) |
The downtown area. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48566.jpg) |
Downtown street. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48567.jpg) |
View of the Roman Amphitheatre. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48568.jpg) |
The centre of the city. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48569.jpg) |
View of the city hills. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48570.jpg) |
View from the Citadel. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Amman |
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Citadel |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel48571.jpg) |
View of the Odeon. |
2019 |