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Monastery in Petra
The Monastery in Petra is one of those corners where hiking can be quite demanding, especially with children, but of course the impressions are worth it. 🙂
Countless stairs carved in rock
Countless stairs, bends, chasms, the journey would seem long, but it is not so far. In addition, along the way we pass numerous, colorful stalls and fresh orange juice, which nowhere in Petra tastes better than here, on the stairs to the Monastery 🙂.
Monastery – one of the largest tombs of Petra
The Monastery, carved deep in the cliff wall of the Jabal ad-Dayr is one of Petra’s largest monuments, measuring 47 m wide and 51 m high. It was built on the model of the Pharaoh’s Treasury.
Originally in front of the facade of this tomb there was a courtyard surrounded by a colonnade. The interior is occupied by benches and an altar, hence the supposition that it was used for religious purposes.
The Monastery was constructed at the beginning of the 2nd century AD, during the reign of nabataean King Rabel II. Additionally an inscription found nearby suggests that it may have been built in memory of king Obodas II. In Byzantine times, Christians re-used the building as a chapel and carved crosses in the back interior wall. That is why it was called Monastery (by Arabians).
Petra’s donkeys
The only thing to watch out for on the way to the Monastery are donkeys, carrying those lazy or weaker tourists back and forth. Once the donkeys gained speed they did not look like they wanted to slow down, skillfully beating the next steps. I must also admit that, those tourists had to have a lot of courage riding down on a donkey, because the stairs were very slippery.
YouTube video
Anyway I encourage you to visit my other posts about Petra and watch my video on YouTube. 😀 🙂
Photographs of one of the largest tombs of Petra
Entrance to the gorge 
Lion Triclinium 
Stalls with stones 
Colorful stalls 
Stairs 
Path between the mountains 
And here narrowing 
Monastery 
Mountains and gorges 
Monastery 
We’re going down 
Bridge with stairs 
Colorful stalls 
Waiting donkeys 
Stairs 
Stairs 
And more stairs 
Sometimes stairs almost disappeared 
Gorge 
Speeding donkeys 
Small chasm, but donkeys did their job well 
Another means of transport
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Carly BB
I am a passionate enthusiast of travel, archeology, photography and dancing 🙂 On this page I try to combine the first three elements: P and show you that travelling becomes definitely more interesting when we discover visited places, and often inconspicuous ruins hide the most fascinating stories 🙂