Posted by : shabbirbhutta
Sunday, 22 September 2013
The Petra Visitors Centre in Wadi Musa, the closest town to
the historic site
Petra is known as the Rose-Red City for the colour of the
rocks in which Petra is carved
Al Khazneh or The Treasury at Petra
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- Petra, UNESCO World Heritage historic Site since 1985 in Jordan
Petra (Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ) is a historical and archaeological city in the southern Jordanian governorate of Ma'an, that is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system. Another name for Petra is the Rose City due to the color of the stone out of which it is carved.
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