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Al-Salṭ, also spelled As Salt or Es-Salt, town, west-central Jordan. It is on the old main
highway (often called the Al-Salṭ Road) leading from Amman to Jerusalem. Al-Salt was
also once the most important settlement in the area between the Jordan Valley and the
Eastern Desert.
The Romans, Byzantines and Mameluks all contributed to the growth of the town but it
was at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, during Ottoman rule,
when As-Salt enjoyed its most prosperous period.
It was at that time that the Ottomans established a regional administrative base in AlSalt and encouraged settlement from other parts of their empire. As the town’s status
increased, many merchants arrived and, with their newly acquired wealth, built the fine
houses that can still be admired in Al-Salt today; Perhaps the most beautiful is the Abu
Jaber mansion, built between 1892 and 1906, which has frescoed ceilings, painted by
Italian artists, and is reputed to be the finest example of a 19th century merchant house
in the region.
Tightly built on a cluster of three hills, As-Salt has several other places of interest,
including Roman tombs on the outskirts of town, and the Citadel and site of the town’s
early 13th century Ayyubid fortress, which was built by al- Ma’azzam Isa, the nephew
of Saladin, soon after 1198 AD. There is also a small museum and a handicraft school
where you can admire the traditional skills of ceramics, weaving, silk-screen printing
and dyeing.Al-Salt’s Archaeological & Folklore Museum displays artefacts dating back
to the Chalcolithic period and up to the Islamic era, as well as other items relating to
the history of the area. In the folklore museum there is a good presentation of Bedouin
and traditional costumes and everyday folkloric items.
highway (often called the Al-Salṭ Road) leading from Amman to Jerusalem. Al-Salt was
also once the most important settlement in the area between the Jordan Valley and the
Eastern Desert.
The Romans, Byzantines and Mameluks all contributed to the growth of the town but it
was at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, during Ottoman rule,
when As-Salt enjoyed its most prosperous period.
It was at that time that the Ottomans established a regional administrative base in AlSalt and encouraged settlement from other parts of their empire. As the town’s status
increased, many merchants arrived and, with their newly acquired wealth, built the fine
houses that can still be admired in Al-Salt today; Perhaps the most beautiful is the Abu
Jaber mansion, built between 1892 and 1906, which has frescoed ceilings, painted by
Italian artists, and is reputed to be the finest example of a 19th century merchant house
in the region.
Tightly built on a cluster of three hills, As-Salt has several other places of interest,
including Roman tombs on the outskirts of town, and the Citadel and site of the town’s
early 13th century Ayyubid fortress, which was built by al- Ma’azzam Isa, the nephew
of Saladin, soon after 1198 AD. There is also a small museum and a handicraft school
where you can admire the traditional skills of ceramics, weaving, silk-screen printing
and dyeing.Al-Salt’s Archaeological & Folklore Museum displays artefacts dating back
to the Chalcolithic period and up to the Islamic era, as well as other items relating to
the history of the area. In the folklore museum there is a good presentation of Bedouin
and traditional costumes and everyday folkloric items.
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