RickCollier > The worlds tallest free-standing flag pole (topped by what must be one of the largest flags) overlooks Amman, Jordan.  © Rick Collier






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RickCollier > Hills of Amman.  A towering mosque (with a green domed roof and minaret) overlooks residences, shops, and the main street in old, Islamic Amman Jordan.  © Rick Collier






Jordan Amman Rome city Islamic buildings apartments 'city center' street mosque
RickCollier > The Roman theater frames a view of central Amman, Jordan, rising to the Citadel and remains of the Roman Temple of Hercules on the hill beyond.  Columns and trees just outside the theater mark the site of what was once the on of the largest fora in the Roman Empire.  © Rick Collier






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RickCollier > At the Theater.  Two women chat, seated at the top row of the Roman theater in the oldest, Islamic section of Amman, Jordan.  What is now Amman was once the city known in the classical world as Roman Philadelphia.  © Rick Collier






Jordan Amman Rome 'Roman Empire' 'Roman Philadelphia' ancient antiquity tourism tourist 'Roman forum' city Islamic buildings apartments 'city center' history historic classic classical
RickCollier > Time Off.  An elderly man dozes with his book, on the grounds of the Amman Citadel park.  Amman, Jordan.  © Rick Collier




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RickCollier > Amman, Jordan.  In the days leading up to the Feast of the Id el-Adha, ending the holy month of Ramadan, Amman  streets are adorned with large signs offering sheep for sale, to be sacrificed at the Id and then donated to feed the poor, according to Islamic custom.  © Rick Collier






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RickCollier > Bus Line, Amman, Jordan.  © Rick Collier






Jordan Amman city coffee shop sign 'street scene' urban bus 'bus stop' line queue
RickCollier > A coffee shop in Amman, Jordan.  © Rick Collier






Jordan Amman city coffee shop sign 'street scene' urban
RickCollier > Setting sun turned the sky yellow and orange, silhouetting mosque minarets and the city skyline on some of the seven hills in Amman, Jordan.  © Rick Collier






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The worlds tallest free-standing flag pole (topped by what must be one of the largest flags) overlooks Amman, Jordan. © Rick Collier






Jordan Amman Rome city Islamic buildings apartments 'city center' street mosque minaret skyline flag flagpole city panorama panoramic view
RickCollier > The worlds tallest free-standing flag pole (topped by what must be one of the largest flags) overlooks Amman, Jordan.  © Rick Collier






Jordan Amman Rome city Islamic buildings apartments 'city center' street mosque minaret skyline flag flagpole city panorama panoramic view
The worlds tallest free-standing flag pole (topped by what must be one of the largest flags) overlooks Amman, Jordan. © Rick Collier






Jordan Amman Rome city Islamic buildings apartments 'city center' street mosque minaret skyline flag flagpole city panorama panoramic view
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