Talk:Qasr Kharana

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Incorrect information[edit]

I think I have to take exception with some of the information in this article. The article states "The only other structures in the area are power lines." Now, I haven't been to Kharana since 1989, so maybe some demolition has gone on in the time between then and now, but here's what I wrote in my diary on 3 March 1989: "Godawful development round Kharanah - when I was last there in ‘86 there was the castle and the road (which was bad enough). Now there’s a fucking huge radio transmitter station there - pylons, masts, buildings, fences - all within about 500m of the castle. Why the hell did they put it there when they had the whole desert to choose from?" So unless that development has since been completely demolished, I don't think this article can be accurate. Excuse the expletive, but I was seriously angry at the philistinism that had allowed such a hideous and thoughtless development to go ahead, and so close to such a beautiful and historic building. 86.137.138.116 (talk) 12:12, 23 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think I wrote that, based on my 2009 visit. I didn't remember anything like that, and nothing like it shows in the overhead photos on Google Maps. But I can look again. Daniel Case (talk) 05:45, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:Qasr Kharana in Jordan.jpg to appear as POTD[edit]

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Qasr Kharana is a desert castle in Jordan. Completed by 710 C.E., the building survived several earthquakes before being restored in the late 1970s. It is open to the public and has become the most visited such castle in Jordan.Photograph: High Contrast

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BC? AD? CE???? I think you've made a typo mate124.180.77.253 (talk) 10:58, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Governorate[edit]

According to the info box it's located in Zarqa Governorate. However, looking at the Google Map it's still in the Amman Governorate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.198.214.136 (talk) 22:14, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Kharaneh IV[edit]

There are several prehistoric sites around the qasr, most notably Kharaneh IV, an important Epipalaeolithic site [1][2][3]. It would be nice to have an article on KHIV (and the others), mentioned and linked in this one. – Joe (talk) 11:49, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]