Qasr 'Amrah, a palace in Jordan about…

Qasr 'Amrah, a palace in Jordan about fifty miles (eight kilometers) east of Amman, is constructed about 712–715 to serve as both a hunting lodge and a fortress.

One of the best-preserved monuments of Islamic secular art and architecture from the Umayyad period, its main chamber is roofed with three parallel vaults that rest on broad arches.

The vaults are covered with frescoes that depict hunting scenes of mammals long since hunted to extinction in the Middle East, fruit, and nude women; a grouping of rulers and a caliph, thought to be al-Walid I; and a zodiac.

A complete bath forms part of the complex.