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Showing posts with label JORDAN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label JORDAN. Show all posts
December 28, 2019

3312 ISRAEL (Jerusalem) - Via Dolorosa - part of The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (UNESCO WHS)

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Via Dolorosa (Sorrowful Way ‎) is a processional route in the Old City of Jerusalem , believed to be the path that Jesus walked on ...
December 13, 2019

3290 ISRAEL (Jerusalem) - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre - part of The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (UNESCO WHS)

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Located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem , the Church of the Holy Sepulchre , also called the Church of the Resu...
November 26, 2019

3268 ISRAEL (Jerusalem) - Dome of the Rock - part of The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (UNESCO WHS)

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The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem . It was initially completed in 69...
November 25, 2019

ISRAEL (Jerusalem) - The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls (UNESCO WHS)

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The Old City of Jerusalem is a walled area within the modern city of Jerusalem . Until 1860, when the Jewish neighborhood Mishkenot Sha...
September 8, 2015

1879 JORDAN - Black iris, Jordan's national flower

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Black iris ( Iris nigricans ), a flowering plant in the family Iridaceae which needs direct sun and sharp drainage, is the national f...
September 19, 2014

1230 JORDAN (Amman) - King Abdullah I Mosque

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Completed in 1989 as a memorial by the late King Hussein (r. 1952-1999) to his grandfather, Abdullah I bin al-Hussein , Emir of Transj...
July 30, 2014

1171 JORDAN - Jerash Archaeological City (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)

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Situated in the north of Jordan , 48km north of the capital Amman towards Syria , Jerash is the site of the ruins of the Greco-Roman...
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July 10, 2014

0432, 1139 JORDAN - Wadi Rum Protected Area (UNESCO WHS)

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Posted on 26.12.2012, 10.07.2014 Placed between Saudi Arabia , Iraq , Syria and Israel , sharing control of the Dead Sea with the la...
June 21, 2014

0535, 554, 1109 JORDAN - Petra (UNESCO WHS)

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Posted on 02.03.2013, 15.03.2013, and 21.06.2014   "...from the rock as if by magic grown, / eternal, silent, beautiful, alone!...
July 3, 2013

0715 JORDAN - Quseir Amra (UNESCO WHS)

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Located roughly 85km from Amman , this complex from Quseir Amra is a desert castle built in the early 8th century, both a fortress...
March 24, 2013

0574 JORDAN - Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (UNESCO WHS)

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Located south-east of Madaba , on the edge of the semi-arid steppe, Um er-Rasas is an archeological site, largely unexcavated, which st...
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