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Petra or Petra [1] archaeological and historical city located in the province of Maan in southern Jordan. Bamartha famous for its carved rocks and drag system channels the old water. Called the old name "goods", as they were called the "Pink City" for the proportion of colors twisted rocks. [2] [3]

Founded Petra almost in 312 BC as the capital of the Nabataean Kingdom. [4] has assumed a prominent place for many years, where he was to its location on the Silk Road, and the Mediterranean civilizations of Mesopotamia, Palestine and Egypt, a major role to make the State of the Nabataeans holding the reins of trade between civilizations these areas and their inhabitants. The city is located on Mount Mnhaddart altar, among a group of towering rock mountains, which form the north-western flank of the Arabian Peninsula, and specifically the Wadi Araba, extending from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. [5]

Stayed site of Petra is the discoverer of the West during the Ottoman period, until re-discovered Orientalist Swiss Johann Ludwig Barakaart 1812 have been incorporated city of Petra on the World Heritage List of UNESCO in 1985. [6] has also been selected as one of the seven wonders of the new year 2007. [7]

The Petra Day, a symbol of Jordan, and the most attractive places for tourists in the Kingdom. [8] It is also one of the most important tourist destinations of the world leaders. [9]