Toursits traveling to Little Petra outside of the famous
city of Petra often drive right past an old Crusader Castle without
even realizing it. This is one of the famous Three Castles, located
in Petra in southern Jordan. Each of these castles is only a couple
of kilometes from each other, and mark the south eastern side
of the area that the crusaders held. The other two castles are:
Habis Castle, and The
High Place Castle. The main castle was known as Wueira. Today
there is little more than an aspe left of the chapel. There is
a faintly moulded cornice but no other sign of decoration. The
stones used for the chapel construction seem smaller than is usual
in Crusader buidings. It seems to have had a small narthex as
well as a crypt.
