The Citadel and other Amman, Jordan Things to Do Tips

Amman as seen from Citadel

The first things that you can see in Amman is the Citadel. It is locate on gebel al-Qalah and all around it you can see the roman walls and the Arabian ones. There is a great nice temple (Temple of Hercules), a Byzantine Church, an Umayyad Palace Complex and a very nice museum.

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Directions: gebel al-Qalah

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citadel: The Byzantine Church

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on May 29, 2005

The Byzantine Church

The first monument that you can see when you leave your car at the entrance of the Citadel is the Byzantine Church. One of the nice remains of this small Basilica are the Corinthian columns, which is thought to date from the 6th or 7th century AD. Archeologists found also some mosaics but it is very difficult to see them.

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citadel: Temple of Hercules

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Temple of Hercules

About 100 meters south of the church is what is thought to have been the Temple of Hercules, today also known as the Great Temple of Amman. The temple was built in the reign of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD) over an ancient temple dedicate to Ammonite god Melkom. Inside the temple there was the statue of Hercules that it was 9 metres high!!! From the left of the temple there was a long stairs that went to the downtown of Amman, near the Roman Theatre. Near the temple there are some ruins of Arabic towors bult with stone stolen from the temple.

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citadel: Citadel: landscape over Amman

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The Roman Theatre and the Hashemiti

Square

Near the Temple of Hercules there is a great terrace that offer to you the opportunity to see a great view over Amman. You can see the Roman Theatre, the Odeon, the Hashemite Square and the old foro.

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citadel: Umayyad Palace Complex

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Umayyad Palace Complex

When you pass the Byzantine Church you arrive to the Umayyad Palace Complex. This is the most impressive building of the Citadel and it is known simply as Al-Qaser (the Palace), which dates back to the Islamic Umayyad period around 720 AD. Its exact function is unknown, but the building includes a monumental gateway, cruciform audience hall and four vaulted chambers. A colonnaded street runs through the complex and to the north and east, ruins of the palace grounds are visible.

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citadel: Umayyad Palace Complex: Audience Room

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Umayyad Palace Complex: Audience

Room

The most nice building in the Umayyad Palace Complex is the Audience Room. It has got a Greek Cross shape with a wall of 25 metres on each side. Inside you can see many colomns and decorations that nowday are under restoration.

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citadel: Umayyad Palace Complex: Colonnaded Street

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Colonnaded Street

Outside the Audience Room there is a large square. In front of you there is a colomnaded street with 13 columns and 14 archces. From its side there are many buildings with many rooms. The street end in one of the entrance of the Roman Temenos.

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citadel: Umayyad Palace Complex: Iwan

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Umayyad Palace Complex: Iwan

When you arrive to the Roman Temenos, there is in front of you a small square. Here you can see the iwan, a rectangular lobby with arches. Probably on the floor there was some mosaics that were destroyed years ago. When you pass the arch, you arrive to diwan, the Throne Room, with a Greek Cross shape. On the east of this room you can see many other rooms with the offices of the palace.

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citadel: National Archeological Museum

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National Archeological Museum: a

Byzantine statue

Near the Temple of Hercules you can see this nice small museum. Inside it you can find very nice objects, from the shulls over 6000 years old to the nice Omayyade sculptures. Inside you can see also some Papyris of the Dead Sea dicovered in 1952.

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Address: Amman, Citadel

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citadel: Witness with two faces

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on Jun 28, 2005

Witness with two faces