Qasr al-Heer al-Sharqi: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively ← Previous edit Next edit →Content deleted Content addedVisual WikitextInline

Revision as of 02:15, 20 May 2009 editDrilBot (talk \| contribs)152,046 editsm WikiProject Check Misplaced Pages cleanup (category before last headline) and general fixes← Previous edit		Revision as of 05:50, 16 July 2009 edit undoAl Ameer son (talk \| contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators74,830 edits redirect article to Qasr al-Heer al-Sharqi after merge completion; exact same subject.Next edit →
Line 1:		Line 1:
	~~{{mergeto\|Qasr~~ ~~al-Heer al-Sharqi\|Talk:~~Qasr al-Heer al-Sharqi~~#Merger proposal\|date=March 2009}}~~		#REDIRECT ]

	The ancient ] site of '''Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi''' is located roughly 70 km noretheast of the ancient city of ] in central ].

	== Site Description ==
	This ] ] was constructed at the behest of ] ] in 728-729 AD<ref>Constable, O.R. (2003) p 56</ref> to be used as a military and hunting outpost<ref></ref>. The palace consists of a large open courtyard surrounded by thick ] and towers guarding the entrances as well as each corner<ref></ref>.

	The palace is the counterpart of ], another nearby castle palace but one year earlier<ref>Constable, O.R. (2003) p 56</ref>.

	== World Heritage Status ==
	This site was added to the ] ] Tentative List on June 8th, 1999 in the Cultural category<ref></ref>.

	== Notes ==
	<references/>

	== References ==
	* Retrieved 2009-03-04.
	* Constable, O.R. (2003), ''Housing the Stranger in the Mediterranean World: Lodging, Trade, and Travel in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages'', Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521819180

	{{coord missing\|Syria}}

	]
	]
	]

Revision as of 05:50, 16 July 2009

Redirect to:

Qasr al-Heer al-Sharqi