Jordan's Desert Castles Last updated on
Tuesday 20th April 2010
Scattered throughout the desert east of Amman are a number of castles, which constitute the most important examples of early Islamic art and architecture to be found anywhere in the Middle East.
The castles were built in the 7::SUP
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