Al-Zarqa
Is Jordan's second-largest city, Salah Eddin passed through Al-Zarqa while he was leading his armies from Bilad Al-Sham to Cairo.
Qasir Al-Mushatta
Is located close to the Queen Alia International Airport. It is a castle with an Umayyad palace decorated in an elaborate Islamic style.
Al-Mowaqqar
Was one of the Umayyad’s most important agricultural locations. It is also where Yazeed Bin Mo'awiyeh, the second Umayyad Caliph, built a palace.
Amra
Is an Umayyad palace in Jordan which is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It features, inter alia, a luxurious bath house and is one of the most colorfully frescoed Umayyad palaces.
Al-Azraq
Is a castle situated in a historically significant strategic position, which is considered to have been important to Sham, Iraq, and Hejaz. The structure was also used by the Byzantines and the Umayyad before it was redesigned and fortified by the Mamluks.
Hammam Al-Sarah
Is located close to Al-Hallabatand is believed to have been the property of the king Hisham Bin Abd Al-Malik.
Qasir Al-Hallabat
Is an Umayyad palace which was built on the remains of a Roman camp used for the protection of convoys.
The Palace of Shubeib
Was at one time a Roman fort.
Kurbat Al-Samra
Lies to the northeast of Zarqa. Most of its remains date back to the sixth and seventh centuries AD.
ZARQA AND THE DESERT PALACES
