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  • Qasr Al-Hayr Al-Sharqi

    Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi is a fortified palace in the middle of the Syrian Desert. It was built by the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik in 728-729 AD. It was apparently used as a military and hunting outpost. The palace is the counterpart of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi, a nearby castle palace built one year earlier.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, A desert castle: Qasr al-Hayr ach-Charqi.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Qasr Al-Hayr Al-Sharqi
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    Qasr Al-Hayr Al-Sharqi
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    Qasr Al-Hayr Al-Sharqi
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    Elevation: 383 m

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    Qasr Al-Hayr Al-Sharqi

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    1999

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    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Syria

    Homs Governorate

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    8th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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