Category:Qasr Al-Hallabat (Castle)

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<nowiki>Qasr al-Hallabat; Qasr al Hallabat; castle; قلعة في قصر الحلابات، الأردن; замок (споруда); castello della Giordania</nowiki>
Qasr al Hallabat 
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LocationQasr al Hallabat, Zarqa Governorate, Jordan
Map32° 05′ 34.53″ N, 36° 19′ 41.04″ E
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Quasr al_Hallabat is a former Roman castellum (built 111-114 under Trajan or Hadrian and under the reign of Caracalla turned into a proper fortress under Legate Phirnius Julianus) turned Umayyad castle. Under Justinian it was renovated. A more ancient Nabatean site seems to have been here also. Around the start of the 8th century the Umayyads took over, before then the site was a Christian monastery for a short while, with a basilica, but after the invasion by the Persians the place had been unoccupied. A mosque stands next to the main buildings. It served the resident and his courtiers.

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