Qasr 'Amrah: history and other Qasr `Amrah, Jordan Things to Do Tips

The castle of Qasr 'Amrah was probably built by the Umayyad caliph Walid I (705-715 AD), the same caliph that built the mosque of the Umayyads in Damascus. The castle was originally a place of relax and an hunting reserve from time to time used as a temporary lodging for member of the rullin Umayyad family. Some scholars think that it was built to protect the track of al-Azraq, Kharanaj and Qasr at-Tubah.
In the begining of 1970 the castle was restored thanks to the Austrian, French and Spanish government and now it his the second monument (after Petra) in the World Heritage List.

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The audience room rappresent the main building of the castle. It is 10 metres long and it has got three arcs to sixth lightly acute that create three naves. The central nave finishes in a withdrawal which was the room of the throne. The side naves lengthen on two little Alcoves which open on the room.

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The inside of the room of the audiences is decorated with wonderful paintings. The paintings have been attributed to Syrian or Arab artists affected by the Byzantine art. The roof of the central nave is decorated with rural scenes in which one appears on feminine crowned by a victory.

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On the west wall you can see the painting of the six sovereigns, four of which are been identified with the emperor of Bisanzium, the visigot king Rodrigo, the last Sasanide sovereign Cosroe and the Negus abyss. Everyone of them was hostile of the Islam and they are represented in the act to give back tibute to the caliph.

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Near the painting of the six kings there is the painting of a woman on a sofa and all around her there are many figures.
On the right you can see a nice painting of a woman that exit from an hammam. On the same wall there are many hunting paintings.

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On the roof there are some fantastic paintings of the artisan jobs of the epoch: quarrymen intent to ochisel blocks, a mason which plaster spreads on the wall, two joiners, a blacksmith...

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Near the windows there are allegorical paintings of the Victory, the Filosophy and the Poetry. All of them has got the name in Greek.

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The hamman is divided in three different rooms: Apodyterium (dressing room), a tepidarium and one calidarium.
The first room that you can see is the tepidarium. It has got a hiding arch. On the roof there are nice painting of animals and a figure of a nude woman. A very strange painting in this room is the face of a man which the scholars think it is Jesus.

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In the second room of the hammam there is a big bathtub. On the ground there is a hole where the hot air circled in the room. Here you can see on the roof a painting of a nude woman.

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In this room you can see a big bathtub, On the roof of the cupula, above the bathtub, there is a fantastic painting of the sky-blue map, which reproduce the North Emisphere. You can recognice the Zodiac constellations and some characters of the Greek and Roman mitology.

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