By Global Travel Worldwide
Petra is located in southern Jordan famous for the rock cut out architecture. Petra is a symbol of Jordan and is the most visited tourist attraction.
Petra is named a UNESCO World Heritage Site and also known as the New Seven Wonders of the World.
There have been many famous films in that were filmed in Petra, most famously “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”
Visitors today are able to see various Nabataean and Greco-Roman architectural styles within the city tombs.
Some of the key sites within Petra are The Siq, which is a narrow and windy gorge that makes the main entrance to Petra. Al-Khazneh known as The Treasury and is probably the most famous structure in Petra with its magnificent façade carved into the sandstone cliff. Another key site is The Monastery, which is a large, impressive tomb it is similar to The Treasury but is larger in size.
The Royal Tombs is another site within Petra, it’s a series of grand tombs that showcase the architectural prowess of the Nabataeans. The Theatre is an amphitheatre that is said that it could seat around 8,000 people.
Petra is an amazing show of human creativity and skills, if you want to a spectacular show of art Petra in Jordan is the place to go visit, to experience the walk through the Siq and see the Treasury façade emerge.
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