Petra Monastery

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Title: Petra Monastery
Alternative Title: Raqmu, Dayr, Ad Deir
City: Petra, Ma'an Governate, Jordan
GPS: 30.338245, 35.431001
Country: Jordan
Date Created: 3 BCE
Century: 2nd century AD
Classification: Architecture and City Planning
Building Type: churches; religious buildings; monasteries; religious communities
Style/Period: Byzantine
Cultural Context: Nabataean
Subject: Monument
Description: perspective view, façade of the Monastery, (Dayr in Arabic)
Source: Elizabeth Sasser
Photographer: Elizabeth Sasser
Rights Holder: © Elizabeth Sasser; Texas Tech University Libraries
Access Rights: Users must request permission from the copyright holder for all use in publications, including theses and dissertations.

Item sets: All Faculty Collections; Elizabeth Sasser Collection

Media: https://www.myweb.ttu.edu/saschuma/Sasser4012.jpg

“Petra Monastery”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed May 9, 2026, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/29064