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Ancient Architecture

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Baroque Architecture

BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE

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CASTLES

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FRANCE

Interior

INTERIOR

Islamic Architecture

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE

Louvre

LOUVRE

Medieval Architecture

MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE

Modern Architecture

MODERN ARCHITECTURE

Palladio,Andrea

PALLADIO,ANDREA

Prehistoric Architecture

PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE

Renaissance Architecture

RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE

Schinkel,Karl Friedrich

SCHINKEL,KARL FRIEDRICH

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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. The cardo,Gerasa's main street.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. The cardo,Gerasa's main street.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. The cardo,Gerasa's main street.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

Iron-age watch-tower in Amman,capital of the Kingdom of Jordan.Such watch-towers were built on hills, within view of each other and were probably connected with overnight resting places for caravans.
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Iron-age watch-tower in Amman,capital of the Kingdom of Jordan.Such watch-tow...

The Roman mausoleum of el-Nuweijis,north of Amman. A tomb for a Roman family, 2nd to 3rd CE, 14 x 14 m.
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The Roman mausoleum of el-Nuweijis,north of Amman. A tomb for a Roman famil...

Ruins of Roman fortifications near el-Lejjun.The forts formed part of the Limes Arabicus,begun under Emperor Trajan,when he added the Provincia Arabica to the Roman Empire in 106 CE. The Limes Arabicus was guarded by the Legio III Cyrenaica and the Legio IV Martia.
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Ruins of Roman fortifications near el-Lejjun.The forts formed part of the Limes...

Ruins of Roman fortifications near el-Lejjun.The forts formed part of the Limes Arabicus,begun under Emperor Trajan,when he added the Provincia Arabica to the Roman Empire in 106 CE. The Limes Arabicus was guarded by the Legio III Cyrenaica and the Legio IV Martia.
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Ruins of Roman fortifications near el-Lejjun.The forts formed part of the Limes...

An abandoned railroad station of the once famous Hejaz-railway, built around 1900 to transport pilgrims from Damascus to Medina. The Amman-Medina stretch was destroyed during the First World War,mainly by the Arab troops of Lawrence of Arabia.
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An abandoned railroad station of the once famous Hejaz-railway, built aro...

An abandoned railroad station of the once famous Hejaz-railway, built around 1900 to transport pilgrims from Damascus to Medina. The Amman-Medina stretch was destroyed during the First World War,when Lawrence of Arabia organized the Arab uprising against Turkey.
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An abandoned railroad station of the once famous Hejaz-railway, built aro...

An abandoned railroad station of the once famous Hejaz-railway, built around 1900 to transport pilgrims from Damascus to Medina. The Amman-Medina stretch was destroyed during the First World War,when Lawrence of Arabia organized the Arab uprising against Turkey.
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An abandoned railroad station of the once famous Hejaz-railway, built aro...

The "Palace of the Slave"(Qasr el-Abd) in Wadi es-Sir, West of Amman.A palace built as a refuge by Hyrkanus of the Tobiad-family who retreated to Wadi es-Sir to avoid political and family persecution. 190-175 BCE. The palace rose from a platform in an artificial lake.
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The "Palace of the Slave"(Qasr el-Abd) in Wadi es-Sir, West of Amman.A palace bu...

The Heuneburg (fortress and princely residence 6th-5th BCE) situated on a hill that dominates the course of the River Danube in its upper valley.
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The Heuneburg (fortress and princely residence 6th-5th BCE) situated on...