1.Petra (Jordan)

Petra (Jordan)


Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system, Petra is also called the 'Rose City' 
because of the colour of the stone from which it is carved. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985.

The city of Petra, capital of the Nabataean Arabs, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, it is Located 240 km south of the capital Amman and 120 km north of the red sea town of Aqaba (see the Map), Petra the world wonder is undoubtedly Jordan's most valuable treasure and greatest tourist attraction, and it is visited by tourists from all over the world.

It is not known precisely when Petra was built, but the city began to prosper as the capital of the Nabataean Empire from the 1st century BC, which grew rich through trade in frankincense, myrrh, and spices. 

Petra was later annexed to the Roman Empire and continued to thrive until a large earthquake in 363 AD destroyed much of the city in the 4th century AD. 

Historical Facts Of Petra In Hindi,




 पेट्रा पुराने समय में निर्मित जॉर्डन में स्थित एक ऐतिहासिक नगर है जो अपने आधे निर्मित और आधी चट्टान में तराशे जाने के लिए प्रसिद्ध है। यहां के पत्थरों के लाल रंग की वजह से पेट्रा को रोज सिटी (Rose City) के नाम से भी जाना जाता है। 

आपको बता दें कि पेट्रा विश्व के नए 7 अजूबों में से एक के रूप में भी जाना जाता है और इसके साथ ही यह जॉर्डन का सबसे लोकप्रिय पर्यटन स्थल है। पेट्रा एक बहुत ही खास ऐतिहासिक और सांस्कृतिक स्थल है, जिसको यूनेस्को द्वारा विश्व विरासत स्थलों की सूचि में शामिल किया गया है। पेट्रा को दुनिया में सबसे ज्यादा देखे जाने वाले पर्यटन स्थलों में से एक माना जाता है। इस शहर जैसा कोई नहीं है और इसकी प्रशंसा पूरे इतिहास में की जाती है। ऐसा माना जाता है कि पेट्रा को 312 ईसा पूर्व में स्थापित किया गया था, इसके बाद यह रोमन शासन के अधीन आ गया था। अगर आप दुनिया के इस अजूबे के बारे में अन्य जानकारी चाहते हैं तो इस लेख को पूरा पढ़ें, इसमें हम आपको पेट्रा का इतिहास, ऐतिहासिक तथ्य और जाने के बारे में बताने वाले हैं।









Petra is a famous archaeological site in Jordan's southwestern desert. Dating to around 300 B.C., it was the capital of the Nabatean Kingdom. Accessed via a narrow canyon called Al Siq, it contains tombs and temples carved into pink sandstone cliffs, earning its nickname, the "Rose City." Perhaps its most famous structure is 45m-high Al Khazneh, a temple with an ornate, Greek-style facade, and known as The Treasury.

About Petra History, (The Ancient City):

The ancient city of Petra is one of Jordan's national treasures and by far its best-known tourist attraction. Located approximately three hours south of Amman, Petra is the legacy of the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2,000 years ago. Admired then for its refined culture, massive architecture and ingenious complex of dams and water channels.

Petra Facts:

amazing fact about petra

Petra is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site that enchants visitors from all corners of the globe. Much of Petra's appeal comes from its spectacular setting deep inside a narrow desert gorge. The site is accessed by walking through a kilometer long chasm (or siq), the walls of which soar 200m upwards. Petra's most famous monument, the Treasury, appears dramatically at the end of the Siq. Used in the final sequence of the film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

The towering façade of the Treasury is only one of the myriad archaeological wonders to be explored at Petra. Various walks and climbs reveal literally hundreds of buildings, tombs, baths, funerary halls, temples, arched gateways, colonnaded streets and haunting rock drawings - as well as a 3,000 seat open-air theatre, a gigantic 1st-century Monastery, and a modern archeological museum, all of which can be explored at leisure. A modest shrine commemorating the death of Aaron, brother of Moses, was built in the 13th century by the Mamluk Sultan, high atop mount Aaron in the Sharah range.