PETRA

PETRA     

asia -  middle east- JORDAN -MAAN 

 

• UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• One of New seven wonders of the world
• One of the most precious cultural 
•  Properties of man's cultural heritage.
• Entrance to the city is through the Siq.
• Siq is a narrow gorge, over 1km in length,
• Siq is flanked on either side by soaring, 80m high cliffs.
• End of the Siq you will catch your first glimpse of  Al-Khazneh (TreasuryAl-Khazneh (Treasury).
• A massive façade, 30m wide and 43m high .
• Other Information:-
• Currency-Jordanian Dinar (JOD).
• Language –National-Arabic   Other-English.
• ISD code- Country +962 Citycode – 9623.
• Time zone- ( UTC+02:00)  Summer( DST) ( UTC+03:00).
• Drives- on the right.
• Nearest airport- Maan.
• ISO-3166code-JO.
• Internet TLD- .jo    
• Other links                                                                                                           Wikipedia/Petra       Unesco World haritage site /petra                                                                                                                      

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