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On the basis of the fact that Amman has been the capital of Jordan since 1946, many visitors do not give it a great tourist interest and this is unfortunate. This ancient city witnessed in the past many civilizations such as the Romens and the Byzantines and today it is a modern capital that is considered one of the most important cities of art and culture in the Middle East. Therefore, Oman has something to offer to everyone. Know with us today the best tourist places in Amman, the capital of Jordan.

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Castle Mountain

Jabal Al Qalaa is considered one of the most attractive areas for tourists in Amman and it is held on the shoulders of concerts, as it is considered one of the main celebration places that took place in the Jordan Festival, due to its location overlooking most areas of the capital Amman. The site is of historical importance, as the Ammonites used it since ancient times to be the seat of their rule in the city, and then after them Greece, the Romens and the Byzantines, respectively, until the Islamic conquest in the seventh century AD, as it was built on top of the Umayyad palace. Remains of the palaces of the Ammonites remain, including walls of fences and wells dug in limestone. Four statues of the Ammonite kings were found in the castle of the castle, and there are also Romen ruins and Corinthian columns and a temple of Heraclius, as well as Islamic monuments dating back to the Umayyad period, where the Umayyad palace is there. In addition, there is the Jordanian Archaeological Museum on the top of the mountain that mimics the history of Jordan in general.

The Arts House

A dynamic, renewed platform that embraces contemporary Arab art and artists, and attracts and invites creative energies. Darat al Funun can be reached in a few minutes from King Faisal Street in the city center of Amman, and a short walk from Paris Roundabout. Organizing art exhibitions, innovative projects in the laboratory, artistic encounters, film screenings and workshops. Darat al-Funun expresses its cultural, architectural identity, which is rich in the prosperity and renewal of the arts, with its artists, monuments and buildings dating back to the twenties and thirties of the last century, to create a unique place where art, architecture and antiquities meet.

Royal Automobile Museum

The Royal Automobile Museum is located in Al Hussein Gardens, Medical City Street, and it contains all King Hussein Bin Talal cars over the long years. The Royal Automobile Museum chronicles an important part of Jordan’s political history. The exhibits also reflect the history of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan through cars starting from the history of King Abdullah’s rule. The first bin Al-Hussein until the reign of King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein. More recently, it has many cars and bicycles that are not related to the kings of Jordan, such as a bike from the nineteenth century, a Bugatti and other rare cars, and the visitor experiences the atmosphere of the most important events that affected Jordanian history through cars, by providing some sites for cars displayed with videos and pictures. Duplicate and archive photos showing the story of each car and the occasion in which it was used.

The Jordan Museum

The Jordan Museum is the new National Museum of Archeology in Amman, located in the Ras Al-Ain area in the center of the capital, where the Greater Amman Municipality and Amman’s cultural facilities are located. The Jordan Museum displays the Kingdom’s cultural and historical heritage within the halls distinguished by its design, which is a comprehensive national center for science and knowledge that reflects the history and civilization of Jordan in an innovative educational style.

Romen amphitheater

A Romen theater located in the eastern part of the Jordanian capital, Amman, specifically at the foot of Jabal Al-Joufah, on a hill opposite the Amman Citadel. Romen amphitheater used for musical and theatrical performances. Because of the quality of its sound system, it is used to this day sometimes for artistic performances. The theater can accommodate 6,000 spectators, which is larger than the southern theater in Jerash, which can accommodate 4,000 – 5,000 spectators. There are two small museums today on both sides of the stage, the Museum of Popular Life and the Museum of Folk Fashion. The first tells the evolution of the lives of Jordan’s residents and their use of tools and furniture over the past century, especially rural and Bedouin lives. The second museum deals with the topics of fashion in Jordanian and Palestinian traditional cities, ornaments and ornaments.

A scene surrounding the Jordan Museum.
A scene surrounding the Jordan Museum.

From the Romen amphitheater

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From the Romen amphitheater

From the arts house Amman
From the arts house Amman

From the Royal Automobile Museum
From the Royal Automobile Museum

View of the capital, Amman.
View of the capital, Amman.

Royal Automobile Museum
Royal Automobile Museum

Amman Citadel
Amman Citadel

The Romen amphitheater Amman
The Romen amphitheater Amman

Oman
Oman

The Jordan Museum
The Jordan Museum

Traces of the castle
Traces of the castle

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