Mosque Name: Qasr Rashidiya
Country: Jordan
City: Rashidiya, Tafilah
Year of construction (AD): 700 - 799
GPS: 30.702263 35.629825
Gibson Classification:
Rebuilt facing Mecca: never
Description:
The Qasr was built with reused Roman and Byzantine materials. It has not been dated other than from the Umayyad period. The modern mosque was built with reused Umayyad stones.
Satelite photo of the Qasr. Note how the road goes right through the middle of the ruins. The modern mosque is on the right.
Notice the difference in orientation between the Petra facing Qasr on the left and the more modern mosque on the right.
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