Petra Today
On December 6, 1985, Petra was designated a World Heritage Site.
In 2006 the design of a Visitor Centre began. The Jordan Times reported in December 2006 that 59,000 people visited in the two months October and November 2006, 25% fewer than the same period in the previous year.
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—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)