!!!Amman, Jordan

Photos by Dmitry Moideenko and
Stas Sedov,
members of the [AirPano Team|Geography/About/Consortium/AirPano,_Team] that is a member of the [global-geography Consortium|Geography/About/Consortium]. \\

18 June 2021

with kind permission of [AirPano|http://www.AirPano.com]

Amman, Jordan

Amman, the capital of Jordan, is one of the world's most ancient cities.
First people inhabited this place back at the Neolithic Age and even
several artworks have survived since then — the statues dating back to
7,250 BC!

During the Iron Age, the city was known under the name Ammon; later, in
the Greek and Roman periods, it was named Philadelphia. The current
name, Amman, was given with the beginning of the Islamic era in this
region. And nowadays this city is a major developed megapolis with
transnational corporations opening their offices here and tourists
enjoying its history.

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Most of the monuments are located in the historical part of the city
named the Amman Citadel, also known as Jabal Al-Qal'a. The remnants of
the Temple of Hercules, a Byzantine church, the Umayyad Palace and other
constructions of different periods ranging from ancient to Ottoman can
be seen in this area. The law prohibits the building of constructions
higher than four floors in the city centre, so small white lime— or
sandstone houses with cosy yards and balconies mixed with ancient
monuments create an enchanting skyline of old Amman.

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At the foot of the Amman Citadel, there is the Roman Theatre built in
honour of Emperor Antoninus Pius who visited Philadelphia in 130 AD. The
structure could seat about 6,000 people: built into the hillside, it was
connected to the hill with a tunnel and was oriented north to keep the
sun off the spectators. And it is a genuine living attraction of Amman:
the theatre is still used as a venue for different cultural activities.

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Close to it, there is the Odeon, a smaller theatre, another evidence of
the Roman Period. The Nymphaeum, a Roman fountain dated 191 AD, can also
be found nearby. It was a two-storey complex with a marble facing and
stone carvings and is believed to have contained a 600 square meters
pool which was three meters deep and the water flowed out of lion heads.
The time erased its former glory, but the restoration has recently
started.

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A new and rightfully famous sight of the Jordanian capital is the
Raghadan Flagpole established in 2003 near the royal palace. Rising at
126.8 metres, it is slightly less in height than a 130-metre flagpole in
Aqaba and is the 7th tallest free-standing flagpole in the world. It
flies a 60-by-30-metre flag and such a huge cloth creates excessive
noise so that it has to be lowered during high winds.

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And of course, in Amman, one cannot miss the Royal Automobile Museum.
The late King Hussein bin Ali had gathered a collection of antique
techniques which illustrates the development of the country. Go over
there once you visit the capital of Jordan! In the meanwhile, AirPano
invites you to take a virtual journey to this city, its ancient and
modern streets holding the Oriental magic and several major epochs of
the history of mankind.

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