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Quseir Amra

a Pleiades place resource

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A desert castle built in the early eighth century CE by Walid Ibn Yazid, who would become the future Umayyad caliph Walid II. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541446935

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.801787375, 36.587427725

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Qasr Amra (AD 661 - AD 750) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of Quseir Amra (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Qasr Amra (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

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Quseir Amra receives connections from:

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Place type:
archaeological site, palace

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Wikidata Qasr Amra (Q499517)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Quseir Amra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541446935> [accessed: 15 November 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541446935 |title=Places: 541446935 (Quseir Amra) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=November 15, 2025 9:36 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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