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Now the third largest mosque in the world, Sheikh Zayed Mosque is an impressive site on the road between Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
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View of Malaysian Spaceflight Participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor posing for a photo in the U.S. Laboratory/Destiny.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: iss015e35251
Date: October 12, 2007
Naqsh-e Jahan (Imam) Square, Isfahan, Iran.
Hemmed on four sides by architectural gems and embracing the formal fountains and gardens at its centre, this wondrous space is a spectacle in its own right. It was laid out in 1602 under the reign of the Safavid ruler, Shah Abbas the Great, to signal the importance of Esfahan as a capital of a powerful empire. Cross the square on a clear winter's day and it's a hard heart that isn't entranced by its beauty. At 512m long and 163m wide, Naqsh-e Jahan is one of the largest squares in the world, earning a listing as a Unesco World Heritage site. The name means ‘pattern of the world’ and it was designed to showcase the finest jewels of the Safavid empire – the incomparable Masjed-e Shah, the elegant Masjed-e Sheikh Lotfollah and the lavishly decorated Kakh-e Ali Qapu and Qeysarieh Portal.
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The Sheikh Zayed mosque is considered to be the sixth largest mosque in the world =)
it's located in the captial city of the UAE, Abu Dhabi <3
" It is named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan the founder and the first President of the United Arab Emirates, who is also buried there.
The Sheikh Zayed Mosque also has some world records made.
The carpet to be laid out on the vast expanse is the "World's Largest Carpet" made by Iran's Carpet Company and designed by Iranian artist Ali Khaliqi. This carpet measures 5,627 square meters, and was made by around 1,200 weavers, 20 technicians, and 30 workers. The weight of this carpet is 47 tons - 35 tons of wool, and 12 tons of cotton. There are 2,268,000 knots within the carpet.
The other world record this mosque holds is for the largest chandelier. There are seven chandeliers imported from Germany and are copper and gold-plated. The largest chandelier has a 10 meter diameter and a 15 meter height.
The Mosque is large enough to accommodate more than 30,000 worshipers.
There are four minarets on the four corners of the mosque which rise about 107 meters in height. There are 57 domes covering the outside yard and the main building as well. The domes are decorated with white marble and the interior decoration is made of the marble.
The courtyard is paved with the best floral marble designs and measures about 17,000 square meters. "
- wikipedia.org
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more photos of this amazing mosque inshallah soOn ^.^ you all should visit it's BREATHTAKING !! ^.~
oh oh ! one more thing ^.^ the pattern i used for the border is from www.squidfingers.com/
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It was so incredibly bright and hot that day, the heat was just excessive.. I wish my husband had brought an umbrella as well.. :))
Part of this truly amazing building in Abu Dhabi.Covered in pure white marble,it was built with no cost spared. Some of the 54 domes can be seen,with the one on the right being the largest dome in the world.
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One of the must see places in UAE is Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi ... It is for sure one of the most amazing Islamic architectures ever if not the best ... truly a masterpiece ...
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