Qasr Bushir
Qasr Bshir is an ancient Roman fortification in what is now Jordan. Isolated in an area of the desert rippled with shallow valleys that drain into the Wadi Mujib, it is about 80 kilometres south of the capital city, Amman.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman fortifications
- Also known as: “Castra Praetorii Mobeni”, “Kaṣr bšēr”, “Praetorium Mobeni”, “Qasr Bashir”, “Qaṣr Bašīr”, “Qasr Beshir”, “Qasr Bser”, “Qasr Bshir”, and “قصر بشير,”
Qasr Bushir
- Categories: castrum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kerak, King’s Highway, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.33735° or 31° 20′ 14″ north
Longitude
35.98109° or 35° 58′ 52″ east
Open location code
8G3Q8XPJ+WC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tatar—“Qasr Bushir” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر بشير”
- Dutch: “Mobene”
- French: “Qasr Bashir”
- French: “Qasr Bshir”
- German: “Castra Praetorii Mobeni, Praetorium Mobeni”
- German: “Qasr Bshir”
- Persian: “قصر بشیر”
- Polish: “Kasr Baszir”
- Polish: “Kasr Bshir”
- Spanish: “Castra Praetorium Mobeni, Fuerte Romano s. IV”
- Spanish: “Mobeno”
- Tatar: “Каср Башир римлылар чоры кальгасы”
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