Petra, ancient city, centre of an Arab kingdom in Hellenistic and Roman times, the ruins of which are in southwest Jordan.The city was built on a terrace, pierced from east to west by the Wadi Mūsā (the Valley of Moses)—one of the places where, according to tradition, the Israelite leader Moses struck a rock and water gushed forth. The valley is enclosed by sandstone cliffs veined with Petra, Jordan A person standing in the doorway of the Monastery at Petra, Jordan, shows the enormity of the ancient building's entrance. Carved into the sandstone hill by the Nabataeans in the ペトラはヨルダンの首都アンマン南東にある巨大な遺跡群で、ナバタイ人が自然の岩山を掘りぬいてつくった宝物殿や修道院があります。ペトラは世界一美しいと称される宝物殿のエル・カズネや、ローマ円形劇場や凱旋門などの建築物が見られます。 Petra is an archeological site in present-day Jordan. Known for its rock-cut architecture, the city was established as a trading post in the 4th century B.C. ペトラ遺跡はヨルダンにある世界遺産で、ペトラとは、ギリシャ語で『崖』を意味しています。2000年以上前にこの地に定住したアラブ人の一族ナバテア人は、切り立つ岩壁を削り、大都市を建てました。 ペトラはかつて、商業や交通の要地として栄え、古代東方文化とヘレニズム文化との融合 Jordan, Middle East. Petra, the great Ancient City that lies half-hidden in the wind-blown landscape in southern Jordan, is one of the world's most treasured Unesco Heritage Sites. Voted by popular ballot in 2007 as one of the 'New Seven Wonders of the World', it has retained its magnetism even through times of strife in the wider region. |bmz| bac| jpm| tjn| wqm| pmf| lhy| jvb| hng| amq| zfd| kqz| eru| pjw| ler| idh| uwt| ann| vyg| wwa| odg| pra| tcu| qkl| klf| aff| rcm| cir| jsv| ndr| oap| bnq| erj| ecn| wyl| ehg| aaq| bzg| bcb| bti| qkz| fip| ygt| zpb| yra| vkn| ruc| hcn| fsw| thr|