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Built by the Umayyad dynasty in the first half of the 8th century, it is one of the so-called Umayyad desert castles. It is located 3 km north of Jericho's city center, [ 1 ] in an area governed by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).
Umayyad architecture developed in the Umayyad Caliphate between 661 and 750, primarily in its heartlands of Syria and Palestine. It drew extensively on the architecture of older Middle Eastern and Mediterranean civilizations including the Sassanian Empire and especially the Byzantine Empire , but introduced innovations in decoration and form.
A palatial complex long attributed to the tenth Umayyad caliph, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (r. 724–743) and thus known as Hisham's Palace, is located at Khirbet al-Mafjar, about 1.5 kilometres (1 mi) north of Tell es-Sultan.
An Arabic Umayyad mosaic from Khirbat al-Mafjar in Jericho. While these buildings and the construction of the Royal Palace established Jerusalem as a religious and cultural centre of Islam, the administrative capital of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates was Ramla, a new town established in the years following the Arab conquest. [7]
721 – Al-Omari Mosque (Bosra) completed in Umayyad Syria. c. 730–800 – Gebang Hindu temple at Yogyakarta on Java is built. 739 – A Benedictine monastery is built adjoining the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan. c. 744 – Construction begun on the Mshatta Umayyad Palace. c. 744 – Umayyad palace of Khirbat al-Mafjar near Jericho ...
The Umayyad Palace (Arabic: القصر الأموي) is a large palatial complex from the Umayyad period, located on the Citadel Hill (Jabal al-Qal'a) of Amman, Jordan. Built during the first half of the 8th century, it is now largely in ruins, with a restored domed entrance chamber known as the "kiosk" or "monumental gateway".
The Umayyad Palace on the Citadel Hill of Amman [34] Umm al-Walid, [35] site of 3 Umayyad qusur with a mosque and an agricultural settlement near Madaba [36] Khan az-Zabib, site of two Umayyad qusur with a mosque and a pastoral village, 25 km southeast of Umm al-Walid [36]
From the Byzantine-period perspective, the west side of the lower Jordan Valley near Jericho was included in the same region, although geographically it can be regarded as separate. The Monastery of Martyrius was founded in the end of the 5th century and it was re-discovered in 1982-85. The most important work of art here is the intact ...