The Ayyubid watchtower is a stone tower dating back to the Ayyubid period, more specifically in the year 1220, on the southern wall of the Amman Citadel in the center of the Jordanian capital, Amman. It is located in an area adjacent to the much older Temple of Hercules. The Ayyubids, who excelled in military architecture, constructed this tower for observation. It consists of a small room of 9.45 m in length and 7.55 m in width. There are openings in three of its walls for shooting arrows.It also contains traces of other civilizations that have succeeded in the city for thousands of years.
Amman Citadel
