Qasr Kharana
Qasr al-Harrana, sometimes Qasr Harrana, Qasr al-Haranah, Haraneh, Hraneh, Harana, Qasr al-Kharana or Khauranee, is one of the best-known of the desert castles located in present-day eastern Jordan, about 60 kilometres east of Amman and relatively close to the border with Saudi Arabia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: desert castle located in present-day eastern Jordan
- Also known as: “Hraneh”, “Qasr al Harrana”, “Qasr al Harranah”, “Qaşr al Ḩarrānah”, “Qaṣr al Kharāna”, “Qasr al Kharanah”, “Qaşr al Kharānah”, “Qaşr al Kharrānah”, “Qasr el Kharâna”, “Qasr el Kherane”, and “Qasr Khārāna”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kharaneh IV.
Kharaneh IV
Archaeological site
Kharaneh IV is an archaeological site in Jordan. The site contains evidence of human activity dating to the Late Pleistocene. Its main period of occupation was 18,900 to 16,600 BC. Kharaneh IV is situated 1 km southwest of Qasr Kharana.
Qasr Kharana
- Categories: Umayyad desert castles, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Qasr Kharana” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر الحرانة”
- Arabic: “قصر الخرانة”
- Arabic: “قصر خرّانة”
- Basque: “Qasr Kharana”
- Catalan: “Qasr Kharana”
- Chinese: “海拉奈堡”
- Dutch: “Qasr Hraneh”
- Finnish: “Qasr Kharana”
- French: “Qasr Kharana”
- German: “Hraneh”
- German: “Kharaneh”
- German: “Qasr al-Harrana”
- German: “Qasr al-Kharanah”
- German: “Qasr Kharana”
- Greek: “Κασρ Καράνα”
- Hungarian: “Kaszr el-Harrána”
- Hungarian: “Kaszr Harana”
- Indonesian: “Qasr Kharana”
- Italian: “Qasr al-Kharana”
- Malay: “Qasr Kharana”
- Polish: “Kasr al-Charana”
- Portuguese: “Alcácer de Carana”
- Portuguese: “Qasr Kharana”
- Russian: “Каср Харана”
- Slovenian: “Qasr Al-Kharanah”
- Spanish: “Qasr Kharana”
- Swedish: “Qasr Kharana”
- Ukrainian: “Каср Харрана”
- Urdu: “قصر خرانہ”
- Vietnamese: “Qasr Kharana”
- Western Panjabi: “قلعہ قصر خرانہ”
Localities in the Area
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