Downtown Amman, Jordan, has always been known for its staircases. According to legend the city was built on seven hills, although the present-day reality is that there are many more than seven!
In this hilly place, the daily life of residents and visitors very often revolves around finding pedestrian staircases to shortcut between the vertically stacked neighborhoods of central old Amman. It can take more than an hour to go from Rainbow Street to the Grand Husseini Mosque by car; but on foot, via the network of staircases, you can make the same journey in just a few minutes.
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Sites
| Name | Since | Distance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umayyad Palace | 2019 | 0.5km | site_ao | ||
| Gerald Lankester Harding’s Burial Place | 2019 | 36.6km | site_ao | ||
| Es-Salt | 2019 | 21.7km | site_ao | ||
| Iraq al-Amir | 2019 | 16.3km | site_ao | ||
| Roman Theater of Amman | 2019 | 0.3km | site_ao | ||
| Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas) | 2015 | 37.9km | site_whs |
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