Places in Jordan - Hallabat Castle

The name is modern, named after the women who milk the goats and sheep, as it was used to shelter them from the sun and cold winds in winter. It was one of the Umayyad palaces in the desert in the 8th century AD, built not too far from the others, and very close to a wonderful bath-house which was part of the palace. It was a public bath-house called 'Hammam Assarah', next to which there are the remains of a mosque built during the same period.