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Petra is a magic place. Out of time. In spite of many tourists that flow here, the vastness of the site allow everyone to find an own place in order to appreciate intimately the beauty of the place.

Here the man’s masterpiece indelibly melt with the stone and both are indissolubly even when you go back with your memory.

El Deir in this photo shows what I tried to explain before… the man work that comes out, like sprouting from the ground and melting with naturalness and grace along with the mountain around.

El-Deir, the Monastery - so-called because it appears to have been used as such during the Byzantine Christian period - resembles the Khazneh, but is larger, cruder and more eroded.
The great doorway is around eight metres tall, and the facade as a whole is approximately fifty metres wide by forty-five tall. The whole structure, like the Khazneh, has been carved out of the rock face, and the flanking walls reveal clearly how deep the builders cut into the cliff to create it.
To the left of the monastery, a gap in the rock gives access to the base of a rough staircase that climbs steeply up the rock face. Some minor gymnastics are needed at first, but thereafter the climb becomes easier, and offers a good view of the facade seen at the height of the second level.

The rest of Petra lies in the distance, hidden from view behind the bulk of the Monastery and the hills beyond.