Al Mawqar

Collection title

A Place and a Name

ID

JRT00364

Source

JRTV (JO)

First broadcast date

2000

Production year

2000

Abstract

- Presentation of the city of Mawqer which is located twenty Kms east of Amman. Previously it was the capital of the Umayyad after Damascus. There are monuments there which indicate the interest of the Umayyads for this place. The Mawker city is cited in many Arabic poetry with the city of Hijaz. Among the monuments there: the Umayyad Palace which has been destroyed but there are still ruins of it. It was built during the reign of El caliph Yazid Ben Abdelmalek There is a large pool dating back to that period. Presentation of the city, its inhabitants, its renaissance, buildings and the services provided there.

Type

video

Production companies

• Television - Own production

Broadcaster

JRTV - Jordan Television

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Tourism and cultural sites

Secondary themes

• Society and way of life
• Landscapes and environment / Geography and landscapes

Credits / Cast

• Ezoghbi Ashraf - Director
• EL Madi Mohamed - Author of original work
• Annab Zahia - Speaker

Period of events

• 2000

Map locations

• Jordan - Arabian desert - Eastern Badia

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

11m53

Additional information

Al Mawqer - Omeyad vestiges - Omeyad castle - architecture