Ad Deir, The Monastery In Petra, Jordan

Ad Deir, The Monastery In Petra, Jordan

Ad Deir, The Monastery in Petra, Jordan seen in a frame from a cave. Deir is also known as ad-Dayr and el-Deir, a monumental building carved out of rock in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. The Deir was carved out of rock in the mid-first century AD. The ancient attraction is one of the most iconic monuments in the Petra Archaeological Park and thousands of tourists visit the area in the desert mountains. The Monastery is located high in the hills northwest of the Petra city center, the second most commonly visited monument in Petra, after the Khazneh or "Treasury". The huge façade, the inner chamber and the other structures next to it or in the wider area around the Deir probably originally served a complex religious purpose, and was possibly repurposed as a church in the Byzantine period. Petra was originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō is a historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan enlisted in UNESCO World Heritage Site. Petra, Jordan on December 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou

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