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Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque 4

Abu Dhabi hosts the third largest mosque in the world - after the ones in Mecca and Madina in Saudi Arabia.

 

~ Made of 82 White marble domes of Moroccan design

~ World’s largest hand-knotted Persian Carpet

~ World’s largest chandelier made up of millions of Swarovski crystals and 24K plated gold.

~ 96 columns inside and 1,048 outside decorated with thousands of rare and semi-precious stones like mother of pearl, agate, jasper and amethyst.

~ Also the last resting place of its name giver, who passed away in 2004.

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Uploaded on August 1, 2013
Taken in August 2013