Qasr Kharranah

Umayyad Palaces are located in the geographical area that includes Syria, Jordan and Palestine. Known as “desert palaces”, in Arabic, Qasr, these monuments testify a typological system based on principles of rational organization of the space, geometric structure of the form, repetition of modular elements, frescoes and stucco decorations. They are an example of innovation, technical and functional, as they represent the synthesis of expressions and combinations of all architectural forms inherited from a pre-Islamic past. These are combined and tailored to the needs of life in the emerging compnies that, in function of religious practices, change theri way of life. The influence of Mediterranean style is recognizable in the Roman villa layout. Building techniques and functional subdivision come from Byzantine characteristics.