Museum of Popular Traditions

Places of Interest Nearby

Roman Theater

Theater building

Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Roman Theatre of Amman is a 6,000-seat, 2nd-century Roman theatre. A famous landmark in the Jordanian capital, it dates back to the Roman period when the city was known as Philadelphia.

Odeon Theater

Theater building

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The Odeon is a small 500-seat theatre in Amman, Jordan. Not to be confused with the large Roman Theatre that stands right next to it, on the southern side of the Hashemite Plaza, the Odeon stands on the east side of the Plaza.

Citadel Hill

Photo: Cybjorg, CC BY 2.5.

The Amman Citadel on Citadel Hill is an archaeological site on an L-shaped hill towering over Downtown Amman, in the central part of the capital of Jordan. Citadel Hill is situated 560 metres northwest of Museum of Popular Traditions.

Places in the Area

Amman

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.

Amman is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. Amman forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.

Jabal el-Hussein camp

Neighborhood

Photo: Hasanisawi, Public domain.

Jabal el-Hussein camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of the Abdali area district of Amman.

Al-Wehdat camp

Neighborhood

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Amman New Camp, usually known as the Al-Wehdat or Al-Wihdat camp, which is located in the Hay Al Awdah neighbourhood in southeast Amman, the capital city of Jordan, occupies a 0.48 km2.

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