A unique monument of history and culture is Peter - the impregnable fortress city, the capital or the necropolis (consensus is still not) of the ancient state of the Nabataeans. Established more than 4 thousand. years ago, Petra is located in a mountainous area in the valley of Wadi Musa, and connected with the outside world only a narrow kilometer long gorge es-Sik, over which hang the rock, almost closed at the height of 90 m. Numerous (more than 800! ) monumental temples and tombs, tombs and festive halls, water channels and reservoirs, baths, places of worship, shops, public buildings and paved streets, an amphitheater that can accommodate 8, 5 thousand. the audience - all of this is carved in the rocks unusual pink. The most interesting of al-khazna (the”Treasury”, the tomb of one of the Nabataean kings), Ad-Deir (”the Monastery”), Sahridzh (”Dinovi blocks”), “Belikova tomb”, “the Area of facades”, the sacred mountain of Jabal al-Madbah (”hill of sacrifice”), “tombs”, Mugar An-Nasara (”Cave of the Christians”), Theatre, Byzantine Church over the ruins of the Nymphaeum, al-Uzza Atargatis (the temple of the Winged lions”), Qasr al-Bint (Palace of Pharaoh's daughter”, although the pharaohs, of course, have no to the construction of any relation), “the tomb of the legionaries” etc..

City 2 Archaeological Museum - old (in the mountain Jabal al-Habis) and new, which has excellent collections as well as numerous monuments, identified with the biblical Chronicles - the valley of Wadi Musa (Valley of Moses”), Jabal Haroun (mount Aaron, which, according to legend, he died, Aaron the high priest), the source of ain Mousa (spring of Moses), etc. the City is a UNESCO world heritage site

Another undoubted value of Jordanian land - numerous castles of the era of the Crusades, in abundance all over the country. A single chain was surrounded by fortifications in the middle ages almost all over the country, and quite a large number of castles have been preserved in excellent condition.