AMMAN — Royal Court Chief
Youssef Issawi, head of the
committee to follow up on the implementation of Initiatives, visited Sharif
Hussein bin Ali’s house in Aqaba Governorate, and the palace of Jordan’s
founder, the late King Abdullah I, in Maan Governorate, which are undergoing
renovation work under a Royal directive.
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Agency, Petra, said Issawi, accompanied by Minister of Public Works and Housing
Maher Abul Samin. Inspected renovation work on the house of the late Sharif
Hussein bin Ali, which will be turned into a museum depicting his biography and
the Great Arab Revolt.
Restoration was
launched on an area of 845sq.m. under the supervision of engineering companies
and contractors.
Issawi was
briefed on implementation stages and the level of achievement as the
rehabilitation and construction work is keen to preserve the architectural
Hijaz style of the house, which was built next to the Aqaba Fort in 1917.
Currently, it
houses the Aqaba Archeological Museum, which includes verses of the Quran in
kufic script, gold coins dating back to the Fatimid era, pottery artifacts and
a crown made of sand and stone found at the site of Ayla.
In Maan, Issawi
checked on the progress of work to restore the King Abdullah I Palace, now in
its final phase, to turn it into a national museum portraying the history,
origins and foundation of the Jordanian state.
The project was
launched on an area of 27 dunums to renovate the site, which houses buildings
and monuments of the Hijaz Railway Station in the city of Maan, and will house
three museums as a witness of the Kingdom’s founding.
The palace,
which King Abdullah I made a national defense headquarters when he was in Maan,
is an architectural masterpiece, and the new designs maintained its historical
and cultural value to become a national landmark, whose corridors contain the
late king’s memorabilia, his pictures and documents on the
Great Arab Revolt
and the key historical events the palace has witnessed.
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