Petra

The city of Petra is located in the Jordanian desert. It's an exuberant city carved in stone by its inhabitants. Its pink color that surrounds it, makes it completely beautiful. The majestic city of Petra was inhabited by Arab nomadic groups called Nabataeans. This city is characterized by wonderful architectornic buildings carved in stone - tombs, dwellings, altars, niches and rooms. The graves, for example, were very imponent to praise the dead. The elements of architecture were hellenistics, shown in the columns that have forms taken from nature. Petra became an urban center, where the market developed. Its planning consisted of the imposition of urban areas, and straight roads around the market. The city of Petra is an architectural wonder, for its excellent historical buildings carved in stone, besides having an urban planning around the commerce. Today. Petra, is one of the seven wonders of the modern world. media type="file" key="Ppetrra.wav" width="300" height="50"