List of castles in Jordan

Many of the castles of Jordan (Arabic: قلاع الاردن), (transliterated) date to Roman times, or were built by the Crusaders in the 12th century.

There are also many desert castles in Jordan. What is known in English as a "desert castle" is known in Arabic as qaṣr (singular), quṣur being the plural.

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