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Name Images Location Year Remarks The Great Mosque of Mecca: Mecca: Era of Ibrahim (): The largest mosque in the world, it surrounds Islam's holiest place, the Kaaba.One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the Hajj (Major Pilgrimage) here, at least once in his or her lifetime if able to do so.
Name Image Capacity Area (m 2) City Country Year of first building Denomination Masjid al-Haram: 4,000,000 [1]: 400,800 [2]: Mecca Saudi Arabia Pre-622 – Prophet's Mosque
The mosque was rebuilt in 1992 in Modern Najdi architectural style. Seating 17,000 worshippers and measuring 16,800 square metres (181,000 sq ft), it is one of the largest mosques in Saudi Arabia. [3] [4] [3] The exterior and upper portion of the interior is primarily brown Arriyadh Limestone [4] which appears golden when lit up at night. [3]
As of 2024, the Great Mosque is both the largest mosque in the world, and the most expensive building in the world. It has undergone major renovations and expansions through the years. [ 9 ] It has passed through the control of various caliphs , sultans and kings, and is now under the control of the King of Saudi Arabia who is titled the ...
His Majesty King Saud Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الملك سعود) is a Sunni Islam mosque, in the city of Jeddah, in the Al-Sharafeyyah District, in Saudi Arabia. The mosque was designed by Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil and construction was completed in 1987. It is mainly built of bricks and covers an area of 9,700 square metres (104,000 sq ft) with ...
Opened in 2004, it incorporates elements of Andalusian Moorish Revival architecture and is one of the largest mosques in Riyadh besides being considered among the largest mosques in Saudi Arabia and the Arab world. It is named after the Saudi businessman and billionaire Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Rajhi, who primarily funded the mosque's ...
The King Abdullah Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الملك عبدالله), formerly Prince Abdullah Mosque and officially as the Mosque of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: مسجد الملك عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود), is a Sunni Islam mosque, in the al-Olaya district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located on the 77th floor of the Kingdom Centre.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque [6] United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi: 115 metres: 2008: 9 Mosque of Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim [7] Venezuela: Caracas: 113 metres: 1989: 10 Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Saudi Arabia: Medina: 112 metres: 1994: 11 Al-Nour Mosque [8] Egypt: Cairo: 111.9 metres: 12 Grand Mosalla mosque of Isfahan [9] Iran: Isfahan: 110 metres: 2010: ...