Qasr 'Amra

Alternative Names
Quseir Amra
Qusayr 'Amra
Small qasr of 'Amra
قصر عمرة
Date
ca. 723–743 CE
Work Type
castle
fortress
Style/Period
Umayyad أموية

While this site also contained a fortress and a garrison, what remains now is a small country cabin. The frescoes are from a small pleasure palace with a reception hall and hamman.

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Art and Archaeology in Jordan
  • Qasr Amra - Interior: Caldarium, Eastern Wall
    View of caldarium eastern wall, facing north
  • Qasr Amra - Interior: Hypocaust, Caldarium, Facing South
    View of caldarium hypocaust, facing east
  • Qasr Amra - Interior: Hypocaust, Caldarium, Facing Northeast
    View of caldarium hypocaust, facing southeast
  • Qasr Amra - Interior, Detail: Caldarium Dome with Zodiac Fresco
    View of caldarium dome with fresco depicting constellations and zodiac
  • Qasr Amra - Interior, Detail: Caldarium Dome with Zodiac Fresco
    View of caldarium dome with fresco depicting constellations and zodiac
  • Qasr Amra - Interior, Detail: Caldarium Dome with Zodiac Fresco
    View of caldarium eastern window, zodiac fresco above
  • Qasr Amra - Interior, Detail: Eastern Window, Caldarium
    View of caldarium eastern window
  • Qasr Amra - Interior, Detail: Grapevine Fresco in Tepidarium, Northern Wall
    View of tepidarium fresco depicting grapevines on northern wall
  • Qasr Amra - Interior, Detail: Fresco of Bathers, Eastern Wall, Tepidarium
    View of tepidarium fresco of bathers on eastern wall
  • Qasr Amra - Interior: Tepidarium, Fresco of Naked Bather
    View of tepidarium fresco depicting a naked bather on western wall
  • Qasr Amra - Interior: Tepidarium, Bathing Women Fresco, South Wall
    View of tepidarium fresco depicting bathing women on southern wall
  • Qasr Amra - Interior: Tepidarium, Fresco of Naked Bather
    View of tepidarium fresco of Naked Bather
  • Qasr Amra - Interior: Frescoed Vault, Tepidarium
    View of tepidarium frescoed vault
  • Qasr Amra - Interior: Tepidarium, Northern Wall
    View of tepidarium northern wall
  • Qasr Amra - Interior: Apodyterium, Fresco and Vault, Eastern Wall
    Fresco and vault, eastern wall
  • Qasr Amra - Interior: Apodyterium, Fresco Over Western Entryway
    Fresco over western entryway
  • Qasr Amra - Interior, Detail: Apodyterium, Fresco Over Western Entryway
    Detail: fresco over western entryway
  • Qasr Amra - Interior: Apodyterium, Vault Fresco, Southern Side
    Vault fresco, southern side
  • Qasr Amra - Interior: Apodyterium, Vault Fresco, Central Figures
    Vault fresco, central figures
  • Qasr Amra - Interior: Apodyterium, Vault Fresco, Northern Side
    Vault fresco, northern side
  • Caldarium
  • Tepidarium
  • Apodyterium
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