Name: Qasr al-Hallabat
Address: Jordan, JO

Qasr al-Hallabat is a point of interest, located at Jordan

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Jordan

Added by Jopie, at 04 August 2016

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Jesús Díaz

03 June 2018

Qasr al-Hallabat began as a Roman frontier fort and underwent subsequent modifications and expansions. After the earthquake of 551 AD, the fort was reconditioned to serve as a Ghassanid palace and monastery.

The Umayyad rulers in turn took over the complex and again refurbished it to serve as a royal meeting place with the dessert Bedouin tribes to ensure their loyalty. The Umayyads reused the monastic core of the Qasr as service rooms, and built a magnificent mosque just outside the palace. The nearby baths of Hammam as-Sarah are part of this complex.

When you visit this desert palace, you will notice loads of Greek inscribed black basalt stones. They are part of a stone cut copy of the Imperial Edict of Anastasius of Byzantium. The blocks were brought from near Umm al-Jimal after the 551 AD earthquake destroyed the structure were the edict was originally displayed. The blocks are exhibited in the visitor's center with many more still on the palace walls.

Qasr al-Hallabat has been nicely restored by the Spanish Archaeological Mission and today is a fascinating place to explore with little ones letting imagination roam free. Be sure though that they are supervised as there are deep cisterns and exposed stairs. It is not a good idea to climb over the walls and the mosaics still in situ should be admired but left undisturbed.

The visitor's center has a very nice site museum (opens Sun-Thu 9 am - 1 pm, but if locked, ask for it to be opened). There are restrooms too.
Brett Downing

22 April 2018

Nice Desert Castle
Andrea Papadimitriou

08 March 2018

The castle to a journey into the past.
Naveen Kumar

24 February 2018

Work place more theafs
Mjd Alkhwaldeh

10 February 2018

Qasr al-Hallabat is located 25 km northeast of Zarqaa and north of the paved road that connects the city of Zarqa to the Blue Oasis. It is believed that its early beginnings date back to the Nabataean period and that it represented in this period a commercial station.

قصر الحلابات يقع على بعد 25 كم شمال شرق الزرقاء وإلى الشمال من الطريق المعبدة التي تصل مدينة الزرقاء بواحة الأزرق ويعتقد أن بداياتها الأولى تعود للفترة النبطية وأنه كان يمثل في هذه الفترة محطة تجارية
Basheer Alfheed

29 September 2017

موقع أثري صحراوي عالي تستطيع رؤية كل المنطقه حولك نظيف وواسع.
Osama Ammar

03 September 2017

Far away
Rasheed Ahmed

12 August 2017

QASR HALLABAT is perfectly situated on a small hill 30km east of Zarqa. It is considered as one of the most elaborate of the “Desert Castles”. A Roman fort was built on this site in the second century to guard the desert frontier, and parts of it still survive. It is just beautiful and I highly recommend visiting the site.
هيثم الزبن

10 July 2017

منطقة شبه صحراوية ذات مناخ صيفي جميل جدا خصوصا ليلا
Paulo Canais

27 June 2017

Super
Ahmad ALmasaeid

19 March 2017

من القصور الصحراوية الجميلة في الاردن
O K

08 February 2017

موقع أثري ذو جمال مميز
يستحق الزيارة
Rasheed Ahmed

21 December 2016

قصر الحلابات الغربي جميل وواسع وتوجد به أرضيات فسيفسائية نادرة ورائعه.أوصي بزيارته.
Montaser Alrajabi

08 October 2016

Best time for visiting in spring or autumn
Omar Bouighradene

11 August 2016

عمر بويغراضن ، قصر الحلابات:
يقع شرق مدينة الزرقاء وأقيم القصر فوق تلة على ارتفاع 640 م والقصر مربع الشكل وعند كل زاوية يوجد برج بارز وداخل القصر ساحة يحيط بها مجموعة من الغرف والقاعات وبه خزانات لجمع مياه الامطار وأقيم مسجد عند الركن الجنوبي الشرقي للقصر وتدل الشواهد الاثرية على أن بناءه كان نبطيا أما آثاره الظاهرة فتعود الى العصر الروماني كما أعيد بناؤه بالكامل في العصرالاموي .