Quseir Amra, Jordan - UNESCO World Heritage Site

 Place: Quseir Amra, Jordan

Weather: Cloudy skies, 49/69F.

Route: From Amman 84 km east on Route 40.

Significance: Built in the 8th century by the Umayyad caliphs as a pleasure palace. There are many richly pain murals within the fortress.

Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site

Images:

Exterior of Quesir Amra (from whc.unesco.org)

One of the murals on the interior (from whc.unesco.org)