Jordania. Amman. Ciudadela
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- Distance
- 0.78 mi
- Elevation gain
- 66 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 66 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,743 ft
- TrailRank
- 44
- Min elevation
- 2,671 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- one hour 9 minutes
- Coordinates
- 165
- Uploaded
- February 11, 2021
- Recorded
- April 2016
near Jabal al Qal‘ah, Amman (Jordan)
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The Amman Citadel is a National Historic Site located in the center of Amman, Jordan. This L-shaped hill is one of the seven jabals that originally made up Amman.
Evidence of occupation has been found since the Neolithic, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world. It was inhabited by different peoples and cultures up to the time of the Umayyads, after which a period of decline came and for much of the time until 1878 the ancient city became an abandoned pile of ruins that only Bedouin and seasonal farmers used sporadically.
In the history of the Citadel there are important civilizations that spanned continents and prospered for centuries, as each empire gave way to the next.
It also witnessed the birth of the three great monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The Umayyad Mosque is within the citadel, which is attributed to the continued habitability of the area for years by the three monotheistic religions.
The citadel has been inhabited for more than 7000 years. It is a journey back in time, with an impressive open-air museum to explore. Inside the citadel is the Archaeological Museum of Jordan, which contains a collection of these objects, along with those from other historical sites in Jordan.
Although the walls surround the center of the site, during ancient periods of occupation the settlements covered larger areas, outside the wall. Historic structures, tombs, arches, walls, and stairways are not surrounded by modern structures, and therefore the citadel has considerable archaeological potential.
Archaeologists have been working on the site since the 1920s, including Italian, British, French, Spanish, and Jordanian projects, but much of the Citadel remains unexcavated.
Evidence of occupation has been found since the Neolithic, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world. It was inhabited by different peoples and cultures up to the time of the Umayyads, after which a period of decline came and for much of the time until 1878 the ancient city became an abandoned pile of ruins that only Bedouin and seasonal farmers used sporadically.
In the history of the Citadel there are important civilizations that spanned continents and prospered for centuries, as each empire gave way to the next.
It also witnessed the birth of the three great monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The Umayyad Mosque is within the citadel, which is attributed to the continued habitability of the area for years by the three monotheistic religions.
The citadel has been inhabited for more than 7000 years. It is a journey back in time, with an impressive open-air museum to explore. Inside the citadel is the Archaeological Museum of Jordan, which contains a collection of these objects, along with those from other historical sites in Jordan.
Although the walls surround the center of the site, during ancient periods of occupation the settlements covered larger areas, outside the wall. Historic structures, tombs, arches, walls, and stairways are not surrounded by modern structures, and therefore the citadel has considerable archaeological potential.
Archaeologists have been working on the site since the 1920s, including Italian, British, French, Spanish, and Jordanian projects, but much of the Citadel remains unexcavated.
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