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from album: Jordan: Desert Castles
In the deserts of easter Jordan you will find the desert castles, a collective name for a string of different buildings. Most were built, or taken over and adapted, by the Damascus-based Umayyads, AD 661-750, in the earliest year of Islam, though the foun
picture: Desert Castles 070414 (1)
published by: marsy67
Qasr Al-Hallabat was originally a Roman fort(AD 198-217), a defence against raiding desert tribes. In the 6th century it was renovated and became a Byzantine monastery, but was abandoned during an invasion in the early 7th century. About 100 years later the Umayyads strengthened the fort and caliph Walid II converted it into a pleasure palace.