Qasr Al-Abed

The Palace of the Servant is a large Hellenistic palace from the first quarter of the second century B.C. Most scholars agree that this palace was built by the Tobiads, a prominent Jewish family of the Second Temple period. The palace was distinguished by its spacious and extended area, and by its architectural design that combines classical and Hellenistic architecture, with columns, forts, and huge walls on which distinctive motifs were inscribed.