Lake Qattinah

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त्वरित तथ्य: One of the oldest working dams on Earth still backs up this water, first raised by Roman engineers around 284 CE. Roughly 60 square kilometers of shimmering surface feed the orchards and wheat fields of the surrounding plain through a web of gravity canals.

मुख्य आकर्षण: Few visitors realize the huge earthen rampart holding back the water was built by Roman legionaries nearly 1,740 years ago, and weathered stones from the original face still peek through the modern armor. On windless mornings the lake turns into a giant mirror, so fishermen's flat-bottomed boats appear to hover in mid-air while their oars carve long silver scratches across the glass.

अंदरूनी सुझाव

• Feste Schuhe mitnehmen, denn das Ufergelände ist uneben und teils schlammig
• Die beste Fotoperspektive bietet sich vom Dammkopf aus, wo der Blick über die gesamte Wasserfläche schweift
• An Wochenenden strömen viele Familien hierher, unter der Woche ist es deutlich ruhiger
• Vorsicht beim Schwimmen: Die Strömungszonen nahe der Staumauer sind gefährlich und sollten gemieden werden

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