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Photograph: [Diego Delso](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Treasury,_Petra,_Jordan5.jpg) · [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)Asia · Monuments

# Petra
Wadi Musa · Jordan

Nabataean facades carved into pink rock among desert gorges.

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Reference localityWadi Musa

Country / geographic scopeJordan

Place typeMonuments

Point coordinates30.32900, 35.44400

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## UNESCO World Heritage
Petra

Cultural · Inscription: 1985

[Read the UNESCO entry ↗](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/326/)

Jordan

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## Sources and accuracy
[Reference 1 · en.wikipedia.org ↗](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra)

[Reference 2 · whc.unesco.org ↗](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/326/)

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