Qasr Mshatta (Winter Palace). Detail.
8th c Islamic Umayyad Architecture

UMAYYAD Anonymous (661 - 1031) Primary
c. 743-744
8th c
144 X 144 meters
Stone
Carved
Umayyad
Wall
Amman (near). Jordan
Berlin. Pergamon Museum.
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The palace is thought to have been built for Calih Al-Waiid II, one of a strig of castle and palaces in Jordan. The outer wall was made p; of 25 towers and a number of interior roos. The main gate was taken to Berlin to the Pergamon museum.